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Posted by: Mark. Mar 18 2008, 02:36 PM

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Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Mar 18 2008, 02:51 PM

Could be that your laser lens is dirty. Take a foam stick , one end little wet with water, gently go over the lens of the drive, adn with another dry end again remove any dust or humidity. Then try, and if doesn't work it is probably a drive failure.

Posted by: Bogdan Mar 18 2008, 02:56 PM

Well CD/DVD drives tend to get dirty and just wear out..Maybe you'll have to visit the shop

Posted by: tonymiro Mar 18 2008, 03:36 PM

Once you've cleaned the lens it might be worth running a checksum as well Mark. Nothing worse then burning cds only to find that the data is corrupted/unreadable due to checksum errors.

If the cd is knackered then like Bogdan says - time for a new one! Least they're pretty cheap and v easy to install .
Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: Mark. Mar 18 2008, 07:15 PM

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Posted by: Bogdan Mar 18 2008, 08:06 PM

QUOTE (Mark. @ Mar 18 2008, 07:15 PM)

Thanks for commenting

Well I cleaned it, not that it was really neccessary because it's a new laptop ( like 5 weeks old ) and I only used the CD driver a few times. It still doesnt work. So I think I'm gona take it back to the PC store

Mark.

If its under the warranty thats the best option for sure..Maybe some cables got disconnected or something

I don't believe its a software issue though..

Posted by: Milenkovic Ivan Mar 19 2008, 10:27 AM

If it's new then its a defintely a hardware failure. Take it to shop, they should fix it no problem!

Posted by: Mrblomme Mar 19 2008, 03:32 PM

Got this with my cd drive in my laptop.
Was broken, went to the shop and they sayed me that it would cost €120 !

Now I dont have a cd drive anymore.

Posted by: tonymiro Mar 19 2008, 03:35 PM

QUOTE (Mrblomme @ Mar 19 2008, 03:32 PM)

Got this with my cd drive in my laptop.
Was broken, went to the shop and they sayed me that it would cost €120 !

Now I dont have a cd drive anymore.

Maybe get an external USB 2 or Firewire cd drive - USB2 externals start at less then 20Euros

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Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: OrganisedConfusion Mar 19 2008, 03:36 PM

My CD Drive failed on me also in the same way. It's just what they do. They have a burn out but fortunately they are very cheap to replace.

Posted by: Mrblomme Mar 19 2008, 03:42 PM

QUOTE (tonymiro @ Mar 19 2008, 03:35 PM)

Maybe get an external USB 2 or Firewire cd drive - USB2 externals start at less then 20Euros

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Cheers,
Tony

I get a new laptop for my 18th birthday the 29th of April so I can wait hehe.

Posted by: tonymiro Mar 19 2008, 03:48 PM

Nice one Mrblomme - and happy birthday in advance .

Cheers,
Tony

Posted by: Mrblomme Mar 19 2008, 04:07 PM

QUOTE (tonymiro @ Mar 19 2008, 03:48 PM)

Nice one Mrblomme - and happy birthday in advance

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Cheers,
Tony

Thx dude, you're the first one this year.