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| 595398 | 2007-09-27 04:11:00 | I have a lot of HP Vectra VL420 SF computers (about 4 years old probably, they're P4 1.6GHz) and it seems that on about 3/4 of them, the slimline CD drives aren't working properly. They seem unable to boot off burnt CDs (nothing illegal, don't worry), but after a bit of trying they will boot off original ones. They just spin up, spin down, spin up, spin down eternally, while the poor PC waits. They don't spin up very fast though, only to about 2x by the sound of it. Is this a common problem with older slimline drives? Can I fix it somehow? Perhaps a careful clean of the laser? If I have to replace 20 CD drives, I have a big problem... |
george12 (7) | ||
| 595399 | 2007-09-27 04:16:00 | Very common.. :( with normal HP CD Drives too. Try a cotton bud on the lens, but apart from that...:badpc: | wratterus (105) | ||
| 595400 | 2007-09-27 04:19:00 | Very common.. :( with normal HP CD Drives too. Try a cotton bud on the lens, but apart from that...:badpc: :( Thanks |
george12 (7) | ||
| 595401 | 2007-09-27 04:26:00 | a lens cleaning CD might be easier some older drives just weren't good at reading burnt CD's however. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 595402 | 2007-09-27 05:02:00 | It's interesting - if I wait a VERY long time (20-30 mins) it brings some wierd characters up (while trying to boot off the CD) and when I press Enter it boots and installs Windows without a hitch. This has happened on two of them now... |
george12 (7) | ||
| 595403 | 2007-09-27 05:39:00 | Yea the old drives are a pain in the a*& to find compadable disks for them but Imation disk seem to work most of the time. Note try burning them at the lowest speed passable to. | djmrman (12866) | ||
| 595404 | 2007-09-27 09:39:00 | Is the burnt CD a CDR or CDRW? Some drives refuse to read CDRW very well but cope fine with CDR disks. | Rod J (451) | ||
| 595405 | 2007-09-27 11:53:00 | They're all CD-Rs. I'll try and work out how many I can coax into working soon. The price of a replacement drive would mean all my profit gone for each PC that needed one :( |
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