DVD drive not reading discs

In message , The Natural Philosopher writes

Hmm. Just looking at eBay item 152361944938 which quotes a 12.7 mm drive for the T430. There is a T430s which I think is a slimline model, and perhaps that takes a 9mm drive? Mine is T430 not T430s.

Many of the more modern laptops don't have any access doors for memory, HDD, DVD drive. It took me ages on a customer's laptop to undo all the screws around the edge and in the middle, then remove the keyboard to get at a couple more screws, and then unclip the bottom panel from the case, simply in order to remove the HDD so I could copy data off it before restoring the PC to factory state when it got clobbered by a boot password scammer. It would have been so much easier with a little access panel secured by a couple of screws.

Of course the longest part of the job (though one that can be left unattended) is waiting for Windows to set the file/folder permissions so you (even as an admin user) can access the c:\users\ folder structure. Depending on the number of files/folders, it can take upwards of an hour before Windows will let you read the data.

What part number is on the dead drive?

I have come across a DVD which did not read while there is a healthy noise of the drive motor running. On opening I found a little rubber drive belt ( which is part of design to move the disc under the led-laser head) had snap ped. It a 25 mm dia rubber ring and I used a rubber band of the size to tr y and it worked. Caution: you may ahave to dismantle the laser head with it s plastic mounting to get to the rubber belt, When putting the thing back t he laser head alignment may need adjustment, a simple matter of a screw adj ust mechanism provided therin.

In message , Jeff Layman writes

Yes. Just been digging through my boxes of treasures and found an external USB powered drive which works, so that has solved the immediate problem. Also looked at Wifey's laptop, but here drive is different. Was hoping I could nick hers without her noticing - she never plays DVDs :-)

There are countless numbers and references, but it is described as Lenovo DVD Multi III, and has the Drive P/N 45N7666.

There is also FRU P/N 04X4678 ASM P/N SDX0E53148 Model GT80N Manufactured October 2013

That's probably the easiest one to search ebay/amazon with, and there are several there, some of those listings will include alternative part numbers, such as the ones I listed, so search for those too - if the plastics are fine on yours you might be able to go for one without the bezel and get it cheaper if fewer people want that ...

En el artículo , Martin Brown escribió:

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I took the 11 screws out of my Toshiba satellite laptop to fix a seized hinge (common problem). Now it drops screws as they work loose so I got a box of them to keep it going. Access to disks, bypassing permission problems, is a lot easier if Win10 is started in safe mode. They don't make that as easy as it used to be in XP.

In message , Andy Burns writes

Thank you all for the help and advice. Replacement drive arrived today, now fitted and working. 12.50 including postage. It arrived with a not quite the same bezel which had to be changed, and took forever, despite watching a YouTube video. Just couldn't see the little clips. Anyway, all done and dusted now.

Thanks!

Give the man a peanut!

Well, I was pleased. Delighted, even. Watched the lovely Katherine Ross in The Stepford Wives last night.

Well done for persevering with that.

In article , Tim Streater writes

I have an AVTEX combination TV - they're big in the caravan/motorhome world and the DVD player wont play DVDs. Presumably, having followed this thread it will be the same issue, I've tried running a cleaning disc - it did play the instructions - but no joy still. Presumably it's a matter of dismantling trying to identify the make and model and finding a replacement.

In message , bert writes

Interesting that yours played the cleaning disc instructions though. My PC would not recognise that a disc was in the player, much less play anything. The PC could see the drive, just not any disc inside.