[SGVLUG] off topic - hardware question

[jmd]

On Jan 28, 2006, at 12:39 PM, Dustin wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Robert wrote:
>
>> Try canned air, or (more drastic) a dry q-tip to clean it.
>>
>> I would not recommend using alcohol or solvent with the q-tip, as  
>> many
>> drive lenses are plastic, and the alcohol would damage it.
>
> Hmm.  But if the dry q-tip isn't sufficient, I'd think damping it with
> distilled water would be OK.

if the general consensus is a dirt problem then i will have to solve  
that first. at present he does not have a dvd/cdrom drive installed,  
and i won't install another one until i am sure it will last for a  
reasonable period of time.

thanks for all of the input so far

jeff