Reddit reviews Maxell 190059 DVD Only Lens Cleaner, with Equipment Set Up and Enhancement Features
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Designed for DVD playersFeatures Thunderon Brush SystemEquipment set up and enhancement features (ideal for home theater)Interactive on-screen instructions with 8 languagesThe 3 small holes contain small "brushes" which create a static charge to which dust is attracted, when spinning inside the drive being cleaned. After the cleaning cycle, when the disc is removed, the static charge dissipates releasing any dust from inside the DVD drive.
https://www.amazon.com/Maxell-190059-Only-Lens-Cleaner/dp/B00000JPPI/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
The reddit's wiki articles recommend this lens cleaner disc, and I was wondering if anybody had used it. I'm trying to exhaust all my options here before I declare this drive dead.
Best way is to open it up, use a bit of isopropyl alcohol on a cotton swab.
Can also get discs with a little brush that kinda work https://www.amazon.com/Maxell-190059-Only-Lens-Cleaner/dp/B00000JPPI/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521912443&sr=8-3&keywords=cleaning+dvd+lens
This might be a stupid suggestion, but...
Lasers need to be cleaned periodically and can cause read issues if they are dirty/dusty/scratched. They sell cds/dvds with little brushes on them for this purpose. Amazon link
You could probably devise a method of testing to see if this were the issue by copying large amounts of hashed files off of a disc and seeing if they all pass verification.
Again, probably a stupid suggestion... but if it's having an intermittent problem reading sectors it may well be hardware related...
I once fixed a "broken" ps2 that would periodically freeze, just by disassembling and cleaning the lens with rubbing alcohol.
I don't see this being a 32 vs 64 bit issue, but what do I know?