DVD Rom Problems

[Peter H]

Hi All

I think there is something wrong with my DVD rom but before i buy a new one i just wanted to ask your advice.

It seems to read discs ok however i went to put a Audio CD in it doers not read it correctly. the sound fades in and out and it sounds like the drive has trouble reading it.

can anyone give me any help with this or is it better to just replace it.

oh, i have it as my master with my DVD writer as the slave.

[redwudz]

May need cleaning. The CD laser and the DVD laser are separate. If one works well, the other may not. You can try a cleaning disk or my preferred method is a foam Q-tip and denatured alcohol. Not too wet on the Q-tip. You can also try some 'canned air' first to see if that helps. If so, then it definitely needs cleaning. If the drive won't work, you have little to lose, even if you have to partially disassemble it to clean it.