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Name: abc12345678987654321
Date: March 17, 2003 at 12:10:53 Pacific
OS: Win 98 se + wfwg3.11 dos
CPU/Ram: p166mmx 16mb ram
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I have a 50x CD-ROM drive that has been working but not very well, now when I put in a CD it does not spin. What could be wrong?
Thanks to anyone that can help.



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Response Number 1
Name: DanielG
Date: March 17, 2003 at 12:49:52 Pacific
Reply:

Check to see if the cable is attached to the back of the cdrom or the other options,the cdrom is bad..


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Response Number 2
Name: tfchui
Date: March 17, 2003 at 13:02:32 Pacific
Reply:

you could take it apart just enough to clean the lens, cd-rom's performance will triple.

Tim


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Response Number 3
Name: TechSupv
Date: March 17, 2003 at 13:29:18 Pacific
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If the CD is not spinning at all (for any CD) it is usually a sign that the PCB is bad. There's not really a fix but to return it.


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Response Number 4
Name: abc12345678987654321
Date: March 17, 2003 at 20:46:29 Pacific
Reply:

Thanks to the above for their advice.
Unfortunately it was second hand and cannot be returned, the lens has been recently cleaned and cables haven'tbeen changed since it was working, any other advice would be appreciated


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Response Number 5
Name: steveyy
Date: March 18, 2003 at 10:39:10 Pacific
Reply:

could some one tell me why my cd rom stops half way into a recording


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