Re: Old Floptical Spin Problem Revisited...

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From: Richard Tilley
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 08:36

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In <2245@deadmin.ucsd.edu> rdf@arad.ucsd.edu (Ronald D. Fellman) writes:

>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? 

Insert a known good disk with the write protection tab deployed.
There is a good chance that it will read perfectly.

Do sumarize if you find something a bit more useful.

... Richard
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