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Pioneer 104 No Longer Reading DVDs/DVD-Rs - 5/28/2004 10:13:12 AM

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Here are my symptoms:

Slowly my Pioneer 104 has been having problems reading DVDs and DVD-Rs. However, at any point I can put in a CD or CD-R and it reads and writes fine. Last night my Pioneer stopped reading DVDs and DVD-R's completly. It tries to read it, it just makes a clunking sound, the light lights up and eventually turns off. Sometimes my burning software (StompRecordNow and cdrwin) don't even recognize my drive being available. I installed the latest firmware and that didnt work either. I tried to do a system restore hoping it would solve the problem but still nothing? Any ideas?

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RE: Pioneer 104 No Longer Reading DVDs/DVD-Rs - 5/28/2004 12:08:16 PM

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Looks to me that probably your 104 is dying...

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RE: Pioneer 104 No Longer Reading DVDs/DVD-Rs - 5/28/2004 1:11:34 PM

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whats the average life of a DVD burner? ive had mine for about 4 years or so im guessing

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RE: Pioneer 104 No Longer Reading DVDs/DVD-Rs - 5/28/2004 2:52:32 PM

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It depends upon many reasons, use, dust, etc...

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RE: Pioneer 104 No Longer Reading DVDs/DVD-Rs - 5/28/2004 3:06:26 PM

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Does it have two lenses? One for the CDs and one for the DVDS?

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RE: Pioneer 104 No Longer Reading DVDs/DVD-Rs - 5/28/2004 6:48:39 PM

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Maybe eve less than 50.000

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RE: Pioneer 104 No Longer Reading DVDs/DVD-Rs - 5/29/2004 11:21:13 AM

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Ok, I just opened up my DVD drive. There is only one lens for DVD/CD writer. I used a lens cleaner, and no luck. I even blew any dust out when i opened it. Still no luck, only reading CDs. I'm gonna test my drive on another computer today.

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