We've got an LG cdrom burner that suddenly stopped functioning. The
computer isn't able to find it at boot. The cable and power plugs are
good and the computer has no trouble finding a dvd player in place of
the cd burner.

Would there be some simple replacement needed (like a motor, etc.) that
I could take out of a regular cd player and solder in to the burner?

Thanks.

zirath wrote:
> We've got an LG cdrom burner that suddenly stopped functioning. The
> computer isn't able to find it at boot. The cable and power plugs are
> good and the computer has no trouble finding a dvd player in place of
> the cd burner.
>
> Would there be some simple replacement needed (like a motor, etc.)
> that I could take out of a regular cd player and solder in to the
> burner?
> Thanks.

Complete waste of time. CD burners are so cheap as to be disposable items.
Even DVD burners are cheap nowadays.

SteveH

zirath <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> We've got an LG cdrom burner that suddenly stopped functioning.
> The computer isn't able to find it at boot. The cable and power
> plugs are good and the computer has no trouble finding a dvd
> player in place of the cd burner.

Maybe the same result, but slightly better troubleshooting is to try
your CD burner in a different computer, if possible.

> Would there be some simple replacement needed (like a motor, etc.)
> that I could take out of a regular cd player and solder in to the
> burner?

I think a CD burner uses a stepper motor probably specifically
designed for a series of models. Way too much effort for likely
failure IMO. It's probably significantly more difficult/complicated
than you imagine.

Good luck.











>
> Thanks.
>

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:18:35 GMT, zirath <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>We've got an LG cdrom burner that suddenly stopped functioning. The
>computer isn't able to find it at boot. The cable and power plugs are
>good and the computer has no trouble finding a dvd player in place of
>the cd burner.
>
>Would there be some simple replacement needed (like a motor, etc.) that
>I could take out of a regular cd player and solder in to the burner?
>
>Thanks.
I would not even try to modify the CD burner unless you want to risk
damaging you computer, DVD/CD burners are so cheap these days that it
is cheaper to buy then to repair. Get yourself a new DVD Burner and
then you can burn CD/DVD's as well as listen to CD music or watch DVD
movies all on the same drive.
Cheers
Keith

"zirath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:vdkBj.6419$y83.1591@trndny06...
> We've got an LG cdrom burner that suddenly stopped functioning. The computer isn't able
> to find it at boot. The cable and power plugs are good and the computer has no trouble
> finding a dvd player in place of the cd burner.
>
> Would there be some simple replacement needed (like a motor, etc.) that I could take out
> of a regular cd player and solder in to the burner?
>
> Thanks.


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