Re: CD-ROM read fails. Recovery is impossible.
On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 11:58:45PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 01:42:16AM +0100, Pigeon wrote:
> > There should be a little hole somewhere on the front panel of your
> > CD-ROM.
>
> But there isn't, and in any case I am, once again, trying to avoid
> rebooting.
There isn't? One of those cheap drives, apparantly, ;-)
> > - Dirty lens on the pickup head. If you have one of those CDs with
> > tufts of carbon fibre glued to it, it's best used as a frisbee. The
> > only way to clean the lens is to take the drive apart and wet-clean
> > the lens with IPA. Drives are usually designed to place several
> > pointless obstacles in the way of performing this most common of
> > servicing tasks. (Hint to CD-ROM manufacturers: The lid is supposed
> > to come off the top of a box, not the bottom.)
>
> I take those "don't fool with the laser" warnings seriously, plus a
> replacement drive will cost under $20.
Don't. When the power's off, the laser's off. Don't fool with the laser
while operating the drive would be more accurate. It's just that
companies have to be careful not getting sued. Don't operate your
microwave with live animals inside. <sigh>
David
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