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| 50552 | 2002-05-24 10:03:00 | The CD-ROM lens seems to be dirty. It reads audio CD OK but not data or programme CDs. It is a LG CD-ROM CRD_8483B. Is there any way of cleaning the lens (apart from a head cleaning disc, which appears to be quite useless) ? Is it worth paying to have the CD-ROM stripped and cleaned or would it be better to buy a new unit, which will presumably be faster? Many thanks in anticipation. |
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| 50553 | 2002-05-24 10:56:00 | Depending on how old your CD drive is and/or how much use it has had, it may well be dying on you. I have had the same problem where my drive will not read copied disks and no amount of cleaning will do anything to help...the same with my stereo in fact. If a cleaning disk is not working I would get another one (CD-RW approx $200?) and keep the old one in to use for copying if and when it works. Cost would prohibit getting it cleaned and I wouldn't like to try to do it myself! Matt |
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| 50554 | 2002-05-24 23:48:00 | Hi - If you have an old CDROM drive, 8x were about the worst, it may not read the blue CD's and you may need a new unit. CD ROM drives are about less than $100, or as suggested buy a CDRW. |
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| 50555 | 2002-05-25 03:03:00 | I've found the philips cleaning disk (~$25 at DSE) great for getting old drives working again. Including one with a lense covered in grease (I had to chuck the disk when I was done). Don't bother with cheap cleaners because the bristles come out and get stuck around the lense. |
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| 50556 | 2002-05-25 04:28:00 | Definitley not worth taking anywhere to get cleaned,have a go yourself as you have nothing to lose. I take the lid off my cdrom & clean the lens using meths & a cotton bud. I find meths ok because its not too aggressive on the plastic lens & it evaporates. Cheers steve |
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| 50557 | 2009-01-27 08:23:00 | IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTE!!! (yeah, I know this thread is 7 years old) ALWAYS Always, always, disconnect ALL power and cables from the optical unit before opening it up. DO NOT attempt to test / restore power to the drive until all covers are back in place... unless you want to go blind! New drives these days are very inexpensive, so a new one is probably gonna serve you better than a dodgy 'cleaned' one. From my own experiences trying to open up a CD drive to clean it - it's a difficult job, and you may still struggle to get at the lens. Getting the ribbon cables back onto the head can be fiddly work. |
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| 50558 | 2009-01-27 09:01:00 | I doubt the OP is still here :p | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 50559 | 2009-01-27 09:01:00 | Hey Paul, could you stop opening up all the old thread please:p | Blam (54) | ||
| 50560 | 2009-01-27 21:34:00 | Not $200 in N Z, about $60 from one of the advertisers in N Z P C World! | PENTIUM (426) | ||
| 50561 | 2009-01-27 22:59:00 | I'm not blind yet. I have had a few optical drives running with the power on with the cover off. :) |
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