I think that I have a dead CD drive

felinusz · May 5th, 2003, 15:40

My Cd drive has been acting up lately... It occasionally doesn't read Cds, and then does read them when you re-input them (open and then close drive). I know that it is not a power issue as I have a 300W PSU and have tried removing the other drive, and any unneccasary stuff from the comp.

The CD-Drive will not read CDs to boot from, but is detected by the BIOS, and by windows. The LEDs flash on startup and it physically should work in every way, it just doesn't read ANY CDs (factory printed, burned) about 80% of the time.

It doesn't work in Win2k, WinXP, Win98, Mandrake Linux, Windows 3.1, or Redhat Linux.

It is set to slave of the writer, and he problem persists if it is set to master.

I have had it for 2 years and have used it a lot, so, is it dead or is there some way to 'revitalize' it? Can I replace the laser or something? My budget is kinda tight right now (buying a new V-Card etc..)

Thanks A lot folks...

Violineb · May 5th, 2003, 21:13

Eh if you have two drives then I guess it's no biggie. But have you tried using a Laser cleaner? Anther thing that I had with my old Dell and it's old CD drives is, (both broke) that it tended to read CDs after you inserted it's "favorite" cd.

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ready2rumbelX · May 5th, 2003, 21:38

This CD Drive is completely messed up! Buy yourself a CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive (which shouldn't be too much)....

B.T.W, Violneb, how are you?

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Violineb · May 5th, 2003, 22:02

I am fine how are you?

Going to build me a nice PC

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felinusz · May 6th, 2003, 13:54

I fixed the problem, it turns out that the bar the shuttle that the laser is mounted (the shuttle uses it to slide around) on was getting grimy. A little bit of WD40 fixed the problem right up. I discovered this by opening the drive up and watching it work as it was plugged in... I don't know how I thought of doing this, but hey... it fixed the problem!

May 5th, 2003, 15:40	#1
felinusz overclocking magus Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,372	I think that I have a dead CD drive My Cd drive has been acting up lately... It occasionally doesn't read Cds, and then does read them when you re-input them (open and then close drive). I know that it is not a power issue as I have a 300W PSU and have tried removing the other drive, and any unneccasary stuff from the comp. The CD-Drive will not read CDs to boot from, but is detected by the BIOS, and by windows. The LEDs flash on startup and it physically should work in every way, it just doesn't read ANY CDs (factory printed, burned) about 80% of the time. It doesn't work in Win2k, WinXP, Win98, Mandrake Linux, Windows 3.1, or Redhat Linux. It is set to slave of the writer, and he problem persists if it is set to master. I have had it for 2 years and have used it a lot, so, is it dead or is there some way to 'revitalize' it? Can I replace the laser or something? My budget is kinda tight right now (buying a new V-Card etc..) Thanks A lot folks...

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May 5th, 2003, 21:13	#2
Violineb Study>Bton/Live>Bmore Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN/Baltimore MD Posts: 1,353	Eh if you have two drives then I guess it's no biggie. But have you tried using a Laser cleaner? Anther thing that I had with my old Dell and it's old CD drives is, (both broke) that it tended to read CDs after you inserted it's "favorite" cd. __________________ PC1: CPU: Pentium 4 3.06 ghz - GeForce 4200 ti - 2x 256MB PC 1066 RDRAM - 120+160GB Western Digital JB PC2: Abit NF7-S -AMD Athlon XP 1700+- 2x 256MB PC2700 Kingston HyperX BH-5 chips!!!! Western Digital 120GB JB GeForce3 Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-S360 :guitar: 3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI-Sega Dreamcast May 1999

May 5th, 2003, 21:38	#3
ready2rumbelX InnarX Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Borderline InSAnE Posts: 2,750	This CD Drive is completely messed up! Buy yourself a CD-RW/DVD-ROM Drive (which shouldn't be too much).... B.T.W, Violneb, how are you? ready2rumbelX __________________ ___________________________________________ -Intel Core i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz -MSi Big Bang X-Power Mobo -6GB Corsair Dominator GT -MSI GTX 680 2GB -Windows 8 (x64) + Linux Mint Debian Edition (x64) -Realtek HD (ALC889)

May 5th, 2003, 22:02	#4
Violineb Study>Bton/Live>Bmore Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN/Baltimore MD Posts: 1,353	I am fine how are you? Going to build me a nice PC __________________ PC1: CPU: Pentium 4 3.06 ghz - GeForce 4200 ti - 2x 256MB PC 1066 RDRAM - 120+160GB Western Digital JB PC2: Abit NF7-S -AMD Athlon XP 1700+- 2x 256MB PC2700 Kingston HyperX BH-5 chips!!!! Western Digital 120GB JB GeForce3 Laptop: Sony Vaio VGN-S360 :guitar: 3DFX Voodoo 5500 PCI-Sega Dreamcast May 1999

May 6th, 2003, 13:54	#5
felinusz overclocking magus Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,372	I fixed the problem, it turns out that the bar the shuttle that the laser is mounted (the shuttle uses it to slide around) on was getting grimy. A little bit of WD40 fixed the problem right up. I discovered this by opening the drive up and watching it work as it was plugged in... I don't know how I thought of doing this, but hey... it fixed the problem!