The most common cause of this is plain old dirt. Get a CD-ROM lens cleaner
at Radio Shack or a music store and run it through. Get a can of compressed
air at the same place and blow out the drive. For each CD with which you
have a problem, use a few drops of Windex or something similar and wipe
radially from the center, NOT circularly around the tracks, with a clean,
soft cloth.

Unfortunately, the second most common cause of this is a partial failure of
the electronics on the CD-ROM. You may be in for a trip to the repair shop.

Regards,

Charlie

----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Timchenko" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 16:52
Subject: [PCBUILD] Instructions wanted for cleaning a CD-ROM


> Hello PCBuild,
>
>   My friend has a problem with his CD-ROM - it reads CDs very bad,
> almost no disk can be read without error, some won't run, etc. I think
> either a hardware problem or a dirty drive. Please advise what can he
> do to fix the situation, short of ripping the drive out and coughing
> the money for a new one.
>
>   Thanks,
>
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