17 Jun
2012
17 Jun
'12
9:54 a.m.
Typical failure mechanism for CDROM (and all optical drives) is the
gradual degradation of the LED. If you look closely at the optical head,
you might find a potentiometer that you can tweak to increase the LED
output. Be aware that this will hasten the failure of the LED.
Clint
On Sat, 16 Jun 2012, Michael B. Brutman wrote:
On 6/16/2012 6:31 PM, Alexandre Souza - Listas wrote:
Michael, CD-ROM reading heads isn't so hard to find. Why you don't take
a good photo of the CD optics so we can find something compatible?
I've never heard of that being done - is it really feasible to find a
replacement for a 15+ year old CD-ROM head assembly?
(I'm scared to touch it for fear of knocking it out of alignment, never mind
trying to find a drop in replacement and doing surgery.)
Mike