Toshiba Satellite A55 optical drive
The optical drive in this laptop seems to work fine - until you eject the disc. If the drive is open when the computer starts up, and you insert a disc after loading into Windows, it'll read just fine.
However! If you eject the disc and try to insert another, the system will freeze up for a while before just saying the drive is empty. If I listen closely, it makes the typical sounds an optical drive would make - with the exception of focusing the lens, which seems abnormally loud and sounds almost like a POST beep to me.
Is this a software issue or a hardware issue? Do I simply need to update the drive firmware / reinstall Windows / perform some obscure form of DLL black magic to get it working, or should I clean the lens and try to find a replacement drive?
It's the original DVD-ROM drive that came with this laptop when it was new, and it only started doing this about a year ago. I'm starting to get sick of these shenanigans and I don't want to pull out my other laptop every time I have to read a disc or burn an image without restarting.
The drive appears to be in a weird form factor, and I'm not even sure how to get it out or remove the bezel to install a new drive.
Ideas?
I say, it's been a few months hasn't it? Good to be back, if not for my reasoning here.
However! If you eject the disc and try to insert another, the system will freeze up for a while before just saying the drive is empty. If I listen closely, it makes the typical sounds an optical drive would make - with the exception of focusing the lens, which seems abnormally loud and sounds almost like a POST beep to me.
Is this a software issue or a hardware issue? Do I simply need to update the drive firmware / reinstall Windows / perform some obscure form of DLL black magic to get it working, or should I clean the lens and try to find a replacement drive?
It's the original DVD-ROM drive that came with this laptop when it was new, and it only started doing this about a year ago. I'm starting to get sick of these shenanigans and I don't want to pull out my other laptop every time I have to read a disc or burn an image without restarting.
The drive appears to be in a weird form factor, and I'm not even sure how to get it out or remove the bezel to install a new drive.
Ideas?
I say, it's been a few months hasn't it? Good to be back, if not for my reasoning here.
Comments
All the later toshis do it the same way, single screw.