i have an lg dvd burner, a gsa h10n. been using it for a long period (one year) to read dvds only. then one fine day when i popped in a cd to do system backup and recovery, i found out that it could not read or detect whatever cd i put in the drive but when i put in a dvd, it works fine.
my question is what can cause the cd reading laser to fail if its not used for a long time? that xbox laser failure and burning 24 dvds topic prompted me to start this thread here to ask this.
it cannot be a dusty cd reading laser, can it? that would affect the dvd laser as well, wont it? i tried using one of those cd/dvd cleaning discs but no dice... i suppose they dont really work and are just marketing gimmicks...
looks like i have to get down to replacing the laser assembly too... its an old ide dvd drive so cant buy a new one as they're all sata...
my question is what can cause the cd reading laser to fail if its not used for a long time? that xbox laser failure and burning 24 dvds topic prompted me to start this thread here to ask this.
it cannot be a dusty cd reading laser, can it? that would affect the dvd laser as well, wont it? i tried using one of those cd/dvd cleaning discs but no dice... i suppose they dont really work and are just marketing gimmicks...
looks like i have to get down to replacing the laser assembly too... its an old ide dvd drive so cant buy a new one as they're all sata...
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