Thanks in advance for any ideas.
DVD Drive
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Cthulhu4u
, May 22 2008 11:20 AM
#1
Posted 22 May 2008 - 11:20 AM
Thanks in advance for any ideas.
#2
Posted 22 May 2008 - 03:22 PM
DVD laser is probably burned out. Cheaper to replace the drive. A format and reinstall doesn't cure a dead laser, and in the case of Vista, since the disk is DVD anyway, the drive wouldn't be able to read it anyway if the laser is gone.
#3
Posted 22 May 2008 - 06:54 PM
Is that normal, for a lazer to go out after like 40 burns? If I buy another one, say an external, can I expect a longer life from it. Also, are there two lazers in the drive, one for CD and one for DVD?
#4
Posted 23 May 2008 - 03:32 AM
40 burns is possibly on the low side, but don't forget the same dual-purpose laser is also used for reading and writing, so you will have used it a lot more than 40 times overall. Most drives have separate lasers for CD and DVD so its entirely possible for a DVD Writer to stop reading DVDs and continue to read CDs.
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