Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 00:53:20 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] M820E CD burning problems on L70
Hey David, I was putting off these suggestions you sent me earlier until I eliminated all possible software fixes. I'm not sure how well I'll be able to disassemble and re-assemble the drive, but it's worth a try. I wrote HP support an email, and got a long list of things to look at only a few hours later last Friday night! Funny, I'd always had a hard time getting much decent HP support years back. But I must say I'm impressed now. Thing is everything works fine, even simulated burns, until I attempt an actual burn. Then there's that weird knocking that I ought to record and have someone listen to. But if you're saying you solved burn failures by cleaning and lubing your drive, there may be hope for this one yet. It's just frustrating that the guy I bought it from said it had just been refurbished. But I won't wear other that road any further ;-P Any reason you prefer the Valvoline synthetic auto spray lube? I think I have '3 in 1' around somewhere. Shel(M.) >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Working here for months on my L110 w/o any problems at all in both 16 & 32 >bit modes. > >It was a used unit off Ebay from some smoker, so when I first got it, it >did do some sticking and failed to burn after 1/3rd of the CD-R >consistantly. > >But, that was easily fixed by taking it apart, cleaning the drive rails and >oiling it down with some nice (and smelly) Valvoline spray synthetic >lubricant (auto zone stores). Move the head back and forth a few time by >spinning the gears, then dropped everything together into the case and ran >RANDOM seek in CDSpeed 2000 a couple times. > >Back to boring again. Worked like a charm and the drives trouble free ever >since. > >basically, just means don't go smoking around sensitive CD drive >mechanisms..... > >d =) _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
