CD ROM install?
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How do you go about cleaning a CDROM drive? Well they do make CD cleaning
disks. I think they would work with a CDROM drive as well as a regular
Compact Disc player.
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Lee Olsen / Orlando, FL – on AutoPilot \X/
Good news! I got my drive working again. I talked to Toshiba tech
support and they told me that if you set the test dip switch to the on
position the drive will function as a player only and that you could
change tracks by pressing the eject button for less then a second. Well I
tried that and it didn't work.
Sooo, in a fit (it must of been) I removed the drive took off the top
cover and lifted up the pc board and managed to swab the laser lens with a
Q-tip and some cleaner. Well that did it, the drive is working again.
This is a rather dangerous method I fear. I think a regular cleaning
program is the best way to keep this problem at bay and, that's something
that I'll be doing from now on. I want to thank everybody that gave
advice.
-=> Paul McCarthy <=- on AutoPilot from New York City
What kind of cleaner?
-DonM – On Autopilot from 1Q1 –
Altitude hold is on; now all's I need is coupled nav!
The cleaner that came with the disc. I thinks it just alcohol, at least
that's what it smells like.
-=> Paul McCarthy <=- on AutoPilot from New York City
ok, thanks. What it is, I have a Toshiba 3201b that died during a several
month idle period; but while mounted in a case w/fan and hd that was being
used. Probably cat hair and who knows got pulled into it, coating the
lens. Don't know anything about cleaning the things.
-DonM – On Autopilot from 1Q1 –
Altitude hold is on; now all's I need is coupled nav!
You could try one of those CD lens cleaners and see if that works. See
my other message about my adventures while cleaning my drive.
-=> Paul McCarthy <=- on AutoPilot from New York City