[jonalynmalat]

hi there! i am having problems with my disc drive! when i am putting a cd inside, it seems like the the drive is reading it but when you look to MY COMPUTER, and click the CD DRIVE, nothing appears. sometimes it will cause the laptop to hang until you eject the cd. i just encountered a problem in this drive just now because it was ok before. can somebody help me? i dont know if i should replace it or still fix it. does frequent burning of files to cds contribute to this damage? i burnt a lot this past few weeks. if that info helps. thanks!

[hAvAAck]

if it will not read any cd/dvd, and it's in a laptop, it's broken and you need to see if you are still in warranty and seek out someone professional that can help, as it's near impossible to replace that yourself.

If it reads other CDs, then your CD is damaged

[jonalynmalat]

thank you for the advice!

[ninrh8r]

Originally Posted by jonalynmalat hi there! i am having problems with my disc drive! when i am putting a cd inside, it seems like the the drive is reading it but when you look to MY COMPUTER, and click the CD DRIVE, nothing appears. sometimes it will cause the laptop to hang until you eject the cd. i just encountered a problem in this drive just now because it was ok before. can somebody help me? i dont know if i should replace it or still fix it. does frequent burning of files to cds contribute to this damage? i burnt a lot this past few weeks. if that info helps. thanks!

i am having the same problem with my pc..........i just find it hard to believe that both of my burners could go bad at the same time.

it has to be something else wrong.

[zerocool]

Could be that the laser just needs cleaning, worth trying a cd/dvd cleaner before changing the drive and at the cost of buying one to find out is worth it

[ninrh8r]

Originally Posted by zerocool Could be that the laser just needs cleaning, worth trying a cd/dvd cleaner before changing the drive and at the cost of buying one to find out is worth it

thanks for the great idea!!..... but how will the drive read the disc?... it doesn't read anything as it is. i put in the laser cleaner and it just sits there.

[zerocool]

It should do an initial start-up spin, which brings the laser up into position, that might be enough to bring abit of life to the drive