is the lite on cd-burner toast??

[gentlejax]

I recently tried to burn a music cd on my liteon cd burner.....5238s drive....and about 5 seconds after I put in the disk it pops it back out....

I thought it was a bad or used disk so I put in another....and another......till I realized the disk was fine......

is it dead? I havnt done anything to anything......its recognized and all that but pops out disks no matter what....


I have already bought a new 115d Pioneer to go with my other 111d Pioneer dvd-burner....so it was a good excuse to get a 2nd dvd reader/burner....

[minidv2dvd]

the only thing i'd try before throwing it out is a new data cable. if it still won't recognize cds after that, i'd toss it.

[Number Six]

The lens may be dirty, or the drive rails for the optical assembly may be gunked up. If you are handy with taking things apart, then try cleaning it - if you are not handy, then try cleaning it right before you decide to toss it - nothing lost if you destroy it, but you may be able to salvage it.

[budz]

Buy a new dvd burner which is so cheap these days.