WOW! I revived my broken yamaha 8x CDRW drive!

[RPMK104]

My yamaha 8/8/24 CDRW drive broke down about 3 months ago. Right now I have a LiteOn 48/12/48. Today I had nothing to do so I opened up the yamaha drive to inspect. I noticed that it was really dusty inside with lots of dust balls everywhere. So I got a bottle of compressed air and cleaned it out. I also cleaned the lens with some rubbing alcohol. Afterwards I tried it on my PC and voila! Its working again! So now I have an extra CDRW and donno what to do with it....Cheers!

 

[EdipisReks]

can i have it? i'll pay for shipping.

 

[nick1985]

ill give you 10 bucks for it

 

[EdipisReks]

that;s no fair, nick1985, you've already got a burner.

 

[pillage2001]

Now now, we all know that a 8x CDRW is of no use now.

pst...can I have it??

 

[EdipisReks]

hey, i have DIBS!

 

[RPMK104]

woops....*cough* I broke it again *cough*

 

[CrowDog]

Ive had a dead dvd drive for like 6 months (Toshiba M1102)...and Ive never even thought to try a lense cleaner or dust it out...LOL Its recognized by windows and opens and closes fine....but always says "no cd in drive" (or sumthin like that)....Im gonna break it out and see if I can do what you did

 

[pillage2001]

Broke it again?? All the better. I love junks.

 

[nick1985]

its not for me, its for my sisters computer.

offer still stands..10 bucks

 

[EdipisReks]

$.1100

 

[nick1985]

12.00

 

[MrCraphead]

nice job, I don't think that method will work for broken HD's though.

 

[CrowDog]

HA!....LOL....My DVD drive works now.......w00t!

 

[EdipisReks]

$.1300

 

[RPMK104]

Wow, you really fixed the DVD drive with my method? Or are you being sarcastic?!?!

 

[CrowDog]

Originally posted by: RPMK104
Wow, you really fixed the DVD drive with my method? Or are you being sarcastic?!?!

I really did man! It works now! Just got done watchin some of the Starwars episode 2 extras on it!....LOL...Sweet!

 

[SteelyKen]

I have a malfunctioning Pioneer DVD drive that I have done this to 3 or 4 times in the last 2 years. It will read a few discs and then it craps out on me again. I wish I could figure out why mine won't stay "fixed".

 

[RanDum72]

I had an old Toshiba 4X SCSI CD-rom drive that was just sitting around for the last 5+ years. I remembered it just quit reading disks so I stashed it. I got around to cleaning my closet and I rediscovered it. I had a spare PC with SCSI controller built-in the mobo and it has no CD drive so I hooked it up just for fun. I also noticed that there was a firmware update for it (after all these years!) so I flashed it. Lo and behold! It now reads EVERYTHING (besides DVD's of course). The only problem is that it won't do DAE so I need an audio cable for it. But not bad for an old drive

 

[Hankysmoo]

My ps2 won't read any dvd's anymore, only cd's now. Do you guys think I can just open it up and blow out all the dust and it'll work again? Also, the dvdrom drive on my laptop won't read cd's anymore, only dvd's now. I'm not so sure I can go about opening that up though. Just my luck =(

 

[Miramonti]

20.00! (lyra )

 

[EdipisReks]

$.2100

 

[zephyrprime]

Hmmm, I have a broken yamaha burner and a broken DVD. Both are recognized by windows and will sorta kinda but not really work. I think I'll give this cleaning thing a shot.

 

[Dreadogg]

My ps2 won't read any dvd's anymore, only cd's now. Do you guys think I can just open it up and blow out all the dust and it'll work again? Also, the dvdrom drive on my laptop won't read cd's anymore, only dvd's now. I'm not so sure I can go about opening that up though. Just my luck =(

For sure I would bet on it, I have seen crazy people have to do this!

 

[Bovinicus]

See, my ranting about how important case cleaning is isn't a load of BS. Most people just think I'm meticulous, but dammit, cleaning can improve operation!