Howard Neil wrote:
On 22/08/2010 10:35, The Medway Handyman wrote:
Hi

My PC CD drive has stopped working.

The tray opens& closes OK, but according to My Computer there is
nothing there. Tried various CD's with the same result& tried the
apparently blank CD's in SWMBO's PC and all works fine.

I'm assuming the drive is FUBER so is it just a case of buying a new
CD drive& swapping it over - which I could prolly manage, or is it
likely to be some confounded software glitch?

Advice welcome at numpty level please :-)

Angle grinder is on standby....




Most likely it is the CD that is defective. Just change it, they are
cheap enough. Have a look at eBuyer. The only thing to note is if your
PC is IDE or SATA (if you are not sure how to tell, just ask). Make
sure you get the right one.

I'm going to try cleaning as soon as I find the cleaning thingy, plan B is
to replace, how do I tell if its IDE or SATA?


http://www.ebuyer.com/search?sort=pr...imit=50&page=1


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk