Bogus CD drive

well, a cd disk cleaning kit only costs <$10. I myself dont even know how one would clean a cd drive if it was taken apart as the disk cleaner would do everything. david In a message dated 11/13/97 10:05:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, engine(a)chac.org writes: << My primary computer has a Toshiba 3401 (couple-years-old) caddy-type SCSI CD drive in it. This is from back when they were expensive and built like tanks. It is now generally choking on software CD's and skipping horribly on audio CD's. My Wintel guru says that it is literally not worth trying to clean the thing, that the cost of a cleaning will exceed the cost of a new 8X or 10X SCSI CD drive, and the bother of going inside the case, removing, and re-installing will be the same. I hate to pitch this drive, it's worked so well; is there anything non-invasive I can try before I give up on it? thanks much, __________________________________________ Kip Crosby >>