OT: CD drive died! Help please!

[Thermodyne]

Renegade 13 said:
I cracked open the old drive, messed around a little bit, but I couldn't seem to find any obvious issues, and nothing I did helped it out.

I also downloaded a small program from the manufacturers website, it checked both read and write capability. Neither were functioning, and I don't have the expertise to mount a serious effort to repair, so I think buying a new drive will be the most efficient thing to do.

Thanks everyone for your input so far!

Spend $15 more and get a CD reader to go with it. You might need a dual drive ide cable too. Its worth the money just for the speed it will give you when making cd copies.