Hello, all. Recently, I had some problems with my two optical drives - for my DVD-ROM's part, it turned out to be a faulty IDE cable, so I exchanged the IDE cables for both the DVD-ROM and the CD-writer.
One of the things I tried to do with the CD-RW before switching its IDE cable, was run to run a CD-cleaner disc in my CD-RW, and the real problems started after this point.
Before, it used to read CD's perfectly, also the lightly dirty/damaged ones that my DVD-ROM had problems with. Now, it has big problems reading discs.
It doesn't seem to misburn, (though the burning laser spins down and up again sometimes during burning) but when I use a CD that I've burnt with my writer, it causes initialization problems with the reader, as if it was dirty/damaged. Luckily, once my DVD-ROM has managed to struggle past the initialization phase, the data seems to be fine.
Also, when it tries to read, it emits a very loud and erratic noise that I haven't heard before I ran the CD-cleaner. It's not present when the burn process has come a bit on its way.
Could the CD-cleaner disc have done this, or could it be another problem?
Plextor PX-W1610A (firmware was updated), 2 years old, haven't really burned many CD-Rs at all.
Should I pop the hood and manually clean the laser? I've done it a few times at high school (in the electronics classes), and the warranty isn't in effect anymore.
One of the things I tried to do with the CD-RW before switching its IDE cable, was run to run a CD-cleaner disc in my CD-RW, and the real problems started after this point.
Before, it used to read CD's perfectly, also the lightly dirty/damaged ones that my DVD-ROM had problems with. Now, it has big problems reading discs.
It doesn't seem to misburn, (though the burning laser spins down and up again sometimes during burning) but when I use a CD that I've burnt with my writer, it causes initialization problems with the reader, as if it was dirty/damaged. Luckily, once my DVD-ROM has managed to struggle past the initialization phase, the data seems to be fine.
Also, when it tries to read, it emits a very loud and erratic noise that I haven't heard before I ran the CD-cleaner. It's not present when the burn process has come a bit on its way.
Could the CD-cleaner disc have done this, or could it be another problem?
Plextor PX-W1610A (firmware was updated), 2 years old, haven't really burned many CD-Rs at all.
Should I pop the hood and manually clean the laser? I've done it a few times at high school (in the electronics classes), and the warranty isn't in effect anymore.
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