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| Thread ID: 26037 | 2002-10-17 22:54:00 | CD-ROM dead? | SoniKalien (792) | Press F1 |
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| 90356 | 2002-10-17 22:54:00 | It probably is, but I refuse to believe it. The Cd drive is in a Compaq Presario 1240 laptop. Yesterday, it was happily playing Vivaldi for bub, when it stop, and windoze cd player came up with 'not music or data cd inserted'. Well I rebooted, still nort. Checked connections, still nort. Pulled it out, and took it to bits and little piece of plastic fell out. Cleaned the lens. Still nort. Now, the laser works, and the spindle spins. The head will move back in when pulled out, however I can't tell if it actually moves out (need a cd in to do that but the cd blocks my view) and the lens does move up and down ok. Can't see any blown chips. Have I missed something obvious or is just brain damaged? Cheers SiK |
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| 90357 | 2002-10-18 04:31:00 | How old is it? They don't last forever. What was the bit which fell out? I hope you didn't peep right up the spout to see if the laser was working ... the light you can see is not all of the beam ... the main power (which can damage your eyes) is not visible. |
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| 90358 | 2002-10-18 07:18:00 | the light you can see is > not all of the beam ... the main power (which > can damage your eyes) is not visible. speaking of eyes.......... does any one see glittery lights that u can just notice when u look at the wall at night or when u look at the sky??? i always see them, and my cousin use to see them aswell, but now he says he doesnt see them any more!, i also asked my sisters and they said they dont see the faint glitery lights....... does any one no whats wrong with my eyes and is it caused by hours of cs????? my vision is like looking through a transparent sheet of plastic with transparent gliter all over it!!! i went to see my familly doctor, and the doctor said she couldnt find any thing physicly wrong, and never herd of my eye prob.... and said if im really concerned, i should see a eye doctor........ do u guys see stuff like how i discibed?? really concerned-- TiM©:*) |
TiM©:*) (977) | ||
| 90359 | 2002-10-18 10:26:00 | >How old is it? They don't last forever. checks bottom of cdrom October 1998. Heh, 5 years this month! >What was the bit which fell out? Dunno. A little white square of plastic about 5 x 5 mm and quite thin. Couldn't find what it had broken off... Actually, I pulled the floppy out while I was under the hood to give it a clean, and some plastic fell out of that too, but it still works :D >I hope you didn't peep right up the spout to see if the laser was working ... the light you can see is not all of the beam ... the main power (which can damage your eyes) is not visible. Corse not! I may be green but that don't mean I'm a cabbage! (drum roll) No I held a piece of paper over the lens and looked for a little red dot. It was present. Incidentally, the drive couldn't read CDRWs, only CDRs. Now it reads nothing! (^$*$^&@# laptops) What the hell at least the modem still works.. (touch wood) Anyone got a cheap PC for sale?... :D Cheers SiK |
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