[CTS] Re: CDRom failures
- From: DavisUnit <davist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 06:41:18 -0400
Otho & Shirley wrote:
> I worked for an electrical engineer years ago--the equipment failed and
>he said, "It's probably an xyz relay--it's gone thru 10000 cycles and that's
>its mean life." It was the problem, and I was impressed.
> Now it seems to be CDROMs--in the past month I've seen several CDROMS go
>bad. A "never" used Mitsumi 8x and a moderately used CD-RW; just today. And
>a bunch more. Are there brands or conditions that are the cause? Anyone
>else seeing this?
>Otho
>
Seems that Creative Labs have more trouble than most brands, but many
CDRom/rW troubles are often just a dirty lens. Manually cleaning the
lens after taking the drive casing off sure can help.
Terry
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