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On Mon, 12 Nov 2012 11:27:17 -0600, Chris Ridd wrote
(in message <agcpriFjti...@mid.individual.net>):

> On 2012-11-12 07:17:14 +0000, DaveC said:
> 
>> The end result: the drive now behaves as expected: I can read and burn 
>> discs
>> like it was new.
> 
> I've done the trick with canned air before too, and the drive works 
> well again for a while but then seems to stop working again.
> 
> Let us know if yours keeps working!
> 

would a "cleaning disc" with the fuzzy bits on it work? I used one of these 
on a dvd player that was balky, and the problem was cleared up immediately.
tom koehler

-- 
I will find a way or make one.