CD and DVD drive not working.Help! Closed

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Hi, I have a 2007 Gigabyte laptop and the CD and  DVD drive is not working. I have seen others posts similar to this and read the answers but I am not the administrator on the laptop. So are there any other ways to fix this problem without being the administrator of a laptop?



Kind Regards,
Ciaran Gracie

ac3mark · Answer

Good Evening.

So, you really didn't say what the problem was, except you know you are not the admin...what happens?

Please post back!
 
 
//ark
-Contributor

ima_make_u_crack_up · Answer

I have inserted a disc that is being accepted in the CD drive and the CD isn't being read so I can't listen to music on my computer

Leiif · Answer

There was an earlier thread on this forum and it had a partial solution that only worked for me once. I had to take it to the next level and my DVD now works better than new. 

The thread is here - https://ccm.net/forum/affich-12954-dvd-rw-will-not-read-anything . The post was by logik part way down the page. This was, in my case, a stuck transport but just a simple cleaning was not enough. 

I took the 2 small screws out from the drive cover and gently removed the silver cover over the transport. Then I cleaned the spiral transport shaft and the opposing shaft with cotton swabs and put a small amount of grease on the shafts also. Then I moved the transport to each end of the travel and cleaned any excess grease that squeezed out. 

Replaced the cover and the drive works.

CD and DVD drive not working.Help!

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