What is this disk drive issue I hear about?

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#1 Rain_of_Miami
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What happens to the disk drive, exactly? Does it ruins games? If it happens, can you at least take out the disk that was inside? Or is the entire disk drive inaccessible?Thanks?
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#2 hajimejoe
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Youre probably hearing about the laser issue.The laser goes bad and cant read the disc anymore,and you either have to send it in(with warranty or you pay 150$)or try to replace it yourself(i did it)usually doesnt eet game discs,though it could scratch them trying to read it.
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#3 Rain_of_Miami
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Why does the laser malfunction, exactly? What causes it to not be capable of reading disks? More importantly...what causes it to scratch disks? If the laser dies, would I still be able to eject whatever disk happens to be inside?
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#4 hajimejoe
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the disc should not get stuck as the mechanism to eject it isnt linked to the laser-it will simply try to read it,fail,and you can eject it the same as normal.and the laser was/is failing because it is a very new process used to manufacture the laser diode(look up nichia/shuji nakamura for more info),and the process has a very low yield(i.e out of 100 diodes,30 will function within tolerances,and even then some of those may fail after a while)
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#6 Rain_of_Miami
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I find that to be the biggest pile of crap of the day. You're telling me that disk drives are new? The only difference between Bluray and C.D./D.V.D. drives is the thickness of the laser. Bye. Could some other lovely individual care to grace me with their wisdom?
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#7 hajimejoe
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[QUOTE="Rain_of_Miami"]I find that to be the biggest pile of crap of the day. You're telling me that disk drives are new? The only difference between Bluray and C.D./D.V.D. drives is the thickness of the laser. Bye. Could some other lovely individual care to grace me with their wisdom?

wtf doof you stoopid.find out the hard way jeebus!
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#8 Rain_of_Miami
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Is this disk drive issue the same as that "YLOD" issue I also hear about?
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#9 Zidaneski
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Is this disk drive issue the same as that "YLOD" issue I also hear about?Rain_of_Miami

Nah YLOD is a different issue that has to do with the hardrive or something.