Cleaning the lens

[richdvd]

Hi all...

Anyone know of a good way to clean the inside of a DVD writer?
Is there anything special out there that does a good job?

[louthewiz]

I use a dvd lens cleaner and it works great I use it on my dvd burner and my dvd players and stand alone DMR-E80H..And finally the one I use is called discwasher dry system, you can find them at circuit city and bestbuy...

[garryheather]

Do a forum search - there are a load of posts regarding this.

Be very sure you need to do what you're talking about, since there are risks involved and most people never have to clean a lens in their life unless they're heavy smokers or live in a very dirty, dusty house (in which case they will probably die from silicosis or asthma before the drive does).

[proxyx99]

You can open your DVD player, vacum it if necessary and clean the laser pickup lens with a cotton swab. I used a bit of a lens cleaning fluid (optical, for coated lenses). No issues. Worked fine.
One remark, if you have any reading/writing problems I doubt if this is gonna fix it unless there was in fact a speck of dust on the lens.