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- From: tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Tilley)
- Subject: Re: Old Floptical Spin Problem Revisited...
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:36:27 GMT
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- In <2245@deadmin.ucsd.edu> rdf@arad.ucsd.edu (Ronald D. Fellman) writes:
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- >My old R/W Optical Drive is starting to have spin problems. However, I
- >did try cleaning it (with that fancy tool they sold) and tried other
- >ODs. I'm afraid that the problem might be that the laser diode is
- >getting weak. Does that sound plausible?
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- Insert a known good disk with the write protection tab deployed.
- There is a good chance that it will read perfectly.
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- Do sumarize if you find something a bit more useful.
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- ... Richard
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