HOW DOES A
CD-ROM DRIVE SPONTANEOUSLY FAIL?!
Out of the different cdrom drives I've disassembled... dust and dirt,
faulty solder joints, bad electrolytics, failed laser diodes, and poor
quality leaf switches. The leaf switch issue was particularly fun as I had
Bad motors, spindel and pickup-moving are another common problem. Those
motors are really cheaply made and look like the sort of thing you'd find
in a toy.
-tony