Problem with Lite-on CD burner

[mark]

Recently my Lite-on 52x CD burner started giving me problems. When I
burned something, audio or data, it would read fine on everyone else's
computers, or CD players. But increasingly it wouldn't read anything
burned on my own or anyone else's. Manufactured audio & CD-ROMs, no
problem. So I figured I'd open it up & clean the laser. (It's about 5
yrs old) Now that I put it back together, the drawer sticks out about
1/8th inch and ejects to about an inch or so. Question 1:
What did I do wrong? When I open it back up, I don't see anything
blocking the mechanism, but it still only moves about an inch.
Question 2: Was the laser going bad anyway? I feel like the only way
to know is to get it working mechanically so I can see if cleaning the
laser helped.
Any techs out there know what's going on? Thanks.

[Brian Cryer]

"mark" <splicet...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Mark, this group seems to be pretty much abandoned. I suggest you repost to
news:alt.comp.hardware.
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Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian