Just received this from a mate.....Can NE1 confim whether this is possible or pure bulls**t
Just been visiting a friend of mine and his PC's DVD-Rom
drive has developed a fault. This drive is a 'SAMSUNG DVD-ROM SD-616Q' drive and is about
12-15 months old.
When trying to use it, Windows XP (Home Edition) cannot
detect a disc inside the DVD drive unit. This applies to all CD's, DVD-Roms, DVD Video discs.
The DVD ROM 'D' drive icon in "My Computer" remains unchanged/unaffected and nothing
happens
If you click the drive's icon in 'My Computer', a message appears saying:
"Please insert a disc into drive D:." even though the disc is already inside the
drive and waiting to be read.
It has been claimed by an unhelpful person that the laser lamp can be re-aligned inside the unit
and that this will fix the fault.
I have since been re-informed by the same person (perhaps to decoy me away from the truth) that this
is NOT the case and it may be something to do with the internal power supply?
He seems to claim it can be done with just a screwdriver!
This agency claims that this is a "trade secret" yet I believe he is less experienced and less qualified than
you are to carry-out such a repair.
If you know how this can be done can you please tell me in case one of my own CD or DVD writer
drives should ever fail in the future.
Thanks....
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