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So, having read the above, got my driving licence card out (no embossed lettering), cut my spectacle cleaning cloth to size, dampened it with camera lens cleaning fluid, inserted it in and out and a few wiggles top and bottom in the vertical slot and hey-presto the drive is working.

You do not need to open the computer at all thus saving yourself a lot of hassle and anxiety.

Here is what you need to do: 1) Get hold of a credit card.

Cut a strip of fine lint free cotton cloth as wide as the credit card and twice its length.

Wrap the cloth around the credit card lengthwise and hold it taught between your thumb and forefinger at one end.

Dab some lense cleaning fluid on the bottom side of the cloth wrapped card.

Camera lense fluid will do) 5) Insert the cloth wrapped credit card on the left most side of the slot drive by about 1.5 inches.

PC is powered off) 6) Pull the credit card out and insert again - repeat 4-5 times - add some more cleaning fluid if it evaporates.

Since the read write head is on the left side of the drive about 1 inch from the corner this process cleans the lense quite effectively.

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I have revived a DVD superdrive on my mac mini which was not recognising any disk in this manner.

Even alcohol (which evaporates quickly) can be muy peligroso for anything electronic.

Im a big fan of canned air for cleaning my computers and accessories.

I have an old DVD player that gets it every three months just to keep things that should move.

I was about ready to buy a replacement Superdrive and take my mini apart again.

Were talking about a very small amount of camera lens cleaner - just enough to moisten a lint-free cloth, not so damp that you can wring out large droplets that can pool inside the computer.

Obviously I powered it down first, and left it a few minutes before powering-up afterwards.

Neither myself nor the OP seem to have had any problems though; YMMV.

Even when I was a kid and had an electric race car set, with some (now rare) nice ones, and saw cars jumping through flaming loops, I was doubtful.

Then some friends were over during New Years eve when the parents were down the road a few miles at some of their allegedly adult friends for a few drinks, etc; and we decided to see if the alcohol that tasted terrible (said everclear on it whats with that we thought) would flash fire as the cars sparked their way along the race track.

So I dont know if Id want to use real top grain alcohol, but maybe a little bit of rubbing alcohol in a powered down and semi-comatose Mac (no battery either) may help bring it around.

But the experts say do not give a drink to someone unconscious.

Even if only giving the poor tired Mac a massage, with its heels up.

However Ive been where you cant get parts, and it would take weeks to get any.

No alcohol mentioned in this tip, it was lens cleaner that was used, which is WATER based.

Revived my 2008 Superdrive to read both commercial and burnt DVDs again.

No liquid, just a credit card and a soft clothes that it start working again.

First reaction was maybe the disks had aged because the drive has been working perfectly reading music CDs that I rip into iTunes.

Put that DVD in my macbook pro and everything working so it was definitely the superdrive in the iMac at fault.

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