How To Clean A DVD Burner Laser (very cheap and easy)

My DVD burner stopped burning disks, it actually wouldn't even read disks anymore so I took it apart and cleaned the laser. Its very easy to do and you don't need an expensive lens cleaning disk to do it it cost almost nothing.Cheap! Cheap! Cheap!

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yeah
this is my DVD burner and it's not
reading
desks and it won't -
it won't burn discs so
I thought to make a video of me taking
it apart
cleaning the laser because I I think
that's all that's wrong with it
all you need is the cotton swab
the screwdriver
and
a paper clip
you can see that paper clip or not but
I have a straight
and I have a little talk on one and you
won't need that little hot
yeah
you just need this because it opened the
door and I've already disassembled this
that but
there's four screws
take those four screws AV
just left that
panel off and just make it a little
simpler I've already
taking off
yeah
circuit board
all the
these ribbon cables
just to get another way
and lasers right here
can't clean it from this side have to
take this whole thing in -
to get at it
so what you have to do to get open the
door
first there's a little hole right there
and it might be in a different place on
the other ones but that's where that's
where it is me it's pushed it
an end
not the door
and then you should be able to take this
faceplate off
yeah
yeah
you probably won't have to take it we
are just
often enough
disconnected from the shell see the day
and just pull that off
that
side
yeah
yeah
here
and there's a laser
yeah
I always take mine apart
and clean them by hand rubbing alcohol
has my rubbing out the hall
stored in the soul
crown
I thought it was
they're cool-looking models
anyway you just take your
take your
cotton swab
dip it in
alcohol
you don't need a lot on
this is kind of a big
bottles
give it but anyway
just
lightly
here
Queen
clean ways you
probably won't notice any
dirt come on
or anything
that most likely there is
and with the dry side just drive
and I'm going to do this couple of times
I don't
I don't want to have to take this party
and so on
I'm just gonna try it twice just
make sure
yeah
sure that's been
clean
and this DVD burner is to the computer
that I'm actually
right now so
I can't and actually make a video
put it back in
gather whatever
enough
and she
yeah
yeah
yeah
yeah
I probably didn't have to take this off
but i just wanted to show
laser from the other side
so that's basically all there is to it
and you just put everything back
together and I would I won't bother
showing you
putting it back together because it's
basically just the reverse of taking it
apart but
I just wanted to show have between the
laser and it's basically the same for
any anything that has drive in it that
has laser so most things you don't have
to take the
drive
part
but anyway that's how you
Tina
cleaners
cd-rom
DVD wrong
please you