My plextor dvd burner seems to have worn out after 2.5 years of moderate use. It will no longer read or write any disc. I have opened up the drive and there is nothing obvious to fix. the discs will spin, the laser tracks and flashes, but after a second it stops.
The insides look absolutely perfect - it's probably 95% in good working order. So the normal thing to do is just chuck it away and get a new one, but putting all that lead and other toxic substances into a furnace or landfill is not an acceptable option to me.
I have been searching the web in order to get some sort of clue as to how to diagnose and fix dvd burner issues. Not surprisingly, there isn't much writen on this subject. I know it isn't the most economic way to solve the problem, but what I want to know is what is the most ecological solution?
The insides look absolutely perfect - it's probably 95% in good working order. So the normal thing to do is just chuck it away and get a new one, but putting all that lead and other toxic substances into a furnace or landfill is not an acceptable option to me.
I have been searching the web in order to get some sort of clue as to how to diagnose and fix dvd burner issues. Not surprisingly, there isn't much writen on this subject. I know it isn't the most economic way to solve the problem, but what I want to know is what is the most ecological solution?