h1ten

click on one of our sponsors! OR REMOVE ADS

Hi all, as you all would have gathered my dvd drive is making a clicking sound everytime it trys to read a cd after spinning the cd a few times it just fails and i can got get any of my cd's to read . I have had this drive for a long time so it may have just packed up but i need some advice on what to do/ what the problem is. Thanks in advance to all those who help
H1ten

Te2ting

well i suggest just cleaning out your entire PC motherboard.....it could have probably just gathered too much dust and is now a little backed up and if after you clean it it is still acting up then i would just buy a new dvd drive...

P.S don't clean it out if you don't know how to because the motherboard can easily short-circuit...so yup hope I helped good luck

CWB

the mother board would have but very little to do with the failure of a cd/dvd player/burner failing/malfunctioning . most likely the optical assy has given up the ghost .

try this before springing for a new unit though :
if you have one of those cans of "compressed air" (it aint) ... open the drive door , stick the "snorkle tube" slightly inside of the drive (1/2 inch is plenty) and give it a blow ... follow this up with one of those "disk cleaner" units (the kind that has a little brush that you put a drop of fluid on) .
if after this the drive is still malfunctioning , it is time for a new unit .

fortunately , PC style drives are very reasonable in price ... get a full "aftermarket" package ... it will contain the software needed .
the price of the optical drives for notebook/laptop comps still makes me salivate and my right eye twitch .

TransientGuy

My guess would be that the motor of the drive is failing from the wear and tear.