I've never tried this, but I might be tempted to try a good blast of air
with the tray open.....but only if it is disfunctional already. I have
never actually had one die that way yet(dusty lense). Mine all seem to just
not be recognised by the motherboard bios or the operating system...even if
replacing the ribbon...then its time to get a new one, or at least that has
been the only fix I've found so far.
Tazmun
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Frans Ketelaars" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "NewbieMandrake"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] CD-ROM lens cleaning?
> Just an FYI for ya. When you get a sufficient amount of dust on the lens
of a
> CDROM drive, it's usually means that the drive is toast. Cleaning can help
> for a short time, but Cd cleaners usually contibute more harm to the lens
> than help, by knocking it out of alignment. After a few cleanings, the
drive
> usually won't read well or at all. So the rule of thumb is that when you
have
> to use a CD cleaner the first time, start saving for a new drive, and buy
it
> as soon as possible. When the old one finally becomes useless, it's a 5
> minute job to replace it. Oh, one more thing. DON'T put your box on the
> floor. That's where dust accumulates first. Put it on a desk, filing
cabinet
> or something else. The higher the better. That'll prevent dust
accumulation
> in your tower case.
>
> Dan LaBine
>
> On July 21, 2001 04:46 pm, you wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The subject says it all, unfortunately the cleaning CD I have seems
> > to be intented for Windows users :(
> >
> > That's not such a problem (I can put the CD-ROM drive in someone's
> > Windows machine).
> >
> > Just curious, is there a Linux solution?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Frans
>
