Cyberdrive CD/RW drive dead, but working LOL

wolfen1086 · 09-20-2009, 02:59 PM

Heres a funny for everybody, most of the day today I've been trying to install a program for my wife to use, and every time I run teh programs install the computer locks up, thinking I had a dirty cd drive I insert the cd cleaning disk, well it says please insert a cd in the drive which means the thing is dead, BUT it comes on with windows, and the try opens and closes, LOL It tok me most of teh day to figure out that the little laser components inside had died and the rest was still working

Yea I feel dumb

I replaced it with a Toshiba DVD drive.

**Tyree** · 09-21-2009, 09:20 AM

CD cleaning discs that use any type of raised cleaning device can cause damage/misalignment the laser.

wolfen1086 · 09-21-2009, 05:34 PM

Yea, but this one probably died of old age, it was so old it only ran at 40x max rad, and 4x max write

09-20-2009, 02:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
wolfen1086 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Va Beach Posts: 388 OS: Win XP SP3	Cyberdrive CD/RW drive dead, but working LOL Heres a funny for everybody, most of the day today I've been trying to install a program for my wife to use, and every time I run teh programs install the computer locks up, thinking I had a dirty cd drive I insert the cd cleaning disk, well it says please insert a cd in the drive which means the thing is dead, BUT it comes on with windows, and the try opens and closes, LOL It tok me most of teh day to figure out that the little laser components inside had died and the rest was still working Yea I feel dumb I replaced it with a Toshiba DVD drive. __________________ New Years is over, back to work.

09-21-2009, 09:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 8,378 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: Cyberdrive CD/RW drive dead, but working LOL CD cleaning discs that use any type of raised cleaning device can cause damage/misalignment the laser. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

09-21-2009, 05:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
wolfen1086 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Va Beach Posts: 388 OS: Win XP SP3	Re: Cyberdrive CD/RW drive dead, but working LOL Yea, but this one probably died of old age, it was so old it only ran at 40x max rad, and 4x max write __________________ New Years is over, back to work.