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VT Henry

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    dvds work cds don't vista 32
    « on: September 17, 2010, 08:23:20 PM »
    Help!  I can not read or wright to a CD.  The green light runs and the head accesses but can not read the disk nor wright to it.  This is true of commercial music CD as well.  DVDS play fine.  I have reinstalled the drivers and have cleaned the registry. I first had the problem trying to burn a CD from Itunes so uninstalled and reinstalled Itunes of the same version 8. something.  Drive is a optiarc RW AD 7561A, driver is MS windows 6.0.6001.18000 , Vista home 32, Compaq presario A900. I don't know where to go next.
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    Henry

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    Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
    « Reply #1 on: September 17, 2010, 10:38:05 PM »
    Most likely, CD read/write lasers are out.

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      Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
      « Reply #2 on: September 18, 2010, 06:47:31 AM »
      Broni 
      Are the CD and DVD lasers seperate?  I have blowen the lenses off.  Is it new drive time?
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      Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
      « Reply #3 on: September 18, 2010, 09:31:41 AM »
      In fact, you have 4 lasers, CD read, CD write, DVD read, DVD write.
      How old is the drive?

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      Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
      « Reply #4 on: September 18, 2010, 10:37:13 AM »
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      I have blowen the lenses off

      Try cleaning the lens with a cotton bud. Soak the bud in a small amount of water with alcohol(70% isoprophyl alcohol) then squeeze out the excess water/alcohol from the bud leaving it just that cotton bud half-wet enough to clean the glass lens and dries off quickly because of the mixture with isopropyl alcohol. Clean the lens just either clock-wise or counter.  Lens are made out of glasses and do not just make contact on dust or fibers(which can be blown)cause by CD's we used exposed in our surroundings, but stains also cause by moist due to temperature. Just happens to learn from a good old friend of mine who is in repairing house appliances. It saved me a lot, not just on my electronic appliances with lenses and just recently my dvd writer. 

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      Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
      « Reply #5 on: September 18, 2010, 10:49:27 AM »
      Lens are made out of glasses

      I never knew that before!

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        Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
        « Reply #6 on: September 19, 2010, 01:12:31 PM »
        Try cleaning the lens with a cotton bud. Soak the bud in a small amount of water with alcohol
        Thanks but no luck.
        Henry

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        Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
        « Reply #7 on: September 19, 2010, 01:14:12 PM »
        Henry, you probably need to buy a new drive.

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          Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
          « Reply #8 on: September 19, 2010, 01:24:54 PM »
          Thanks again Bronie and all
          I have now spent another 4+ hours researching and experimenting and all point to having a laser down so I will get a new drive installed.  I will be back to you if it does not cure the problem.
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          Re: dvds work cds don't vista 32
          « Reply #9 on: September 19, 2010, 01:29:11 PM »
          You're very welcome