CD burner gone to.....?

[Velocissimo87]

I have TDK CD burner, had it for a long while, 5 years, atleast, always worked fine, but a month or so ago it stopped working. It won't burn, it won't read, it won't do jack squat. It just takes the CD in, the light blinks, I believe its spinning, my computer tries to recognize it causing my computer to somewhat lock up, until the CD player just opens up after doing nothing.

I know they are cheap, yes, yes, but I was curious if anyone has perhaps had this problem before, because I see no reason why the bloody thing stopped working.....nor do I understand how its not working. Other than being able to access the disk or burn stuff on it, it all seems to be working, I think its spinning.

Any help would be grand, thanks:happy:

 

[CalcProgrammer1]

Well, mine is like the opposite lol...it reads/writes discs fine, but it won't open most of the time, it just jams up. You could try a CD drive cleaner (a disc with a little brush on it that cleans off the laser head). Also try unplugging and reconnecting the IDE cable. Does it read any discs at all or does every disc fail?

 

[Velocissimo87]

Strangely enough it is only rejecting audio CD's, CD-R's? I tried two brands which I used before and they were rejected, but I put in my router CD and that worked immediately!?

So any thoughts on that?

 

[Velocissimo87]

Do I get a prize for having an apparently unsolvable computer problem?

 

[LA1]

whether it is broken or not, more then likely it is flakey and will not get any better. Time to get a cd / dvd burner, upgrade. They are cheap now, really cheap. Around $29 - $35 ... go to newegg.com