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DVD Drive not working

  • 30-09-2006 10:08pm
    #1
    brian_rbk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭


    I have an acer laptop with a Dvd rw drive. Recently it just stopped working, not reading any dvd's or cd's. As far as device manager is concerned it is working fine. Is there anything else i can do to make sure thats its not a physical hardware problem? Anyone have any ideas where i can get an cheap internal or external dvdrw drive?


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  • #2
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    How old is the laptop? Is the LED lit up at all when you insert a CD/DVD? Any noise at all out of it?


  • #3
    brian_rbk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭brian_rbk


    Laptop is just over the year... led is lighting up, its making a bit more noise th an it used to when its trying to read cd's.


  • #4
    Ruu_Old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36,634 ✭✭✭✭Ruu_Old


    If you use it alot, the only thing I can think of is that the lens could need cleaning, not sure (as if it is trying to read and failing). Is the lappy under warranty?


  • #5
    brian_rbk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 303 ✭✭brian_rbk


    not under warranty... its not used that much really. I could try to clean the lens and see if that works.


  • #6
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,582 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    brian_rbk wrote:
    not under warranty... its not used that much really. I could try to clean the lens and see if that works.
    Don't !
    until you've ruled out other stuff,

    try a bootable cd - like windows disk to rule out the operating system, if it don't boot from a bootable cd check the BIOS settings first to make sure it's actually trying.

    try an audio CD, these run at 1X speed (it's true) an easy test

    IIRC it can be that the slider the lens moves from the inside to the outside of the disk is more likely to be dirty that causes problems than the lens itself - some don't recomend using dvd cleaning disks on RW drives


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