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E-Manual For Do's & Dont's For Optical Disk Drive

This document provides safety precautions for handling optical disk drives and media. Key points include: 1) Do not drop the drive or place it in direct sunlight, high temperatures, or high humidity. 2) Avoid moving the drive or opening the tray while in operation. Do not insert hands or pins into the tray. 3) Use undamaged discs without cracks and clean discs and lenses gently with soft cotton. 4) Follow proper mounting, closing, and handling procedures to prevent damage to the drive or discs.

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E-Manual For Do's & Dont's For Optical Disk Drive

This document provides safety precautions for handling optical disk drives and media. Key points include: 1) Do not drop the drive or place it in direct sunlight, high temperatures, or high humidity. 2) Avoid moving the drive or opening the tray while in operation. Do not insert hands or pins into the tray. 3) Use undamaged discs without cracks and clean discs and lenses gently with soft cotton. 4) Follow proper mounting, closing, and handling procedures to prevent damage to the drive or discs.

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Handling Precaution for Optical Disk Drive & Media

S.No Symbol Precaution to be taken 1


Do not drop the drive or your computer system having optical disk drive and protect it from severe shocks. It will damage the drive or cause it to malfunction.

Description Safety Precautions

2
Do not place the drive or your computer system in direct sunlight.

3
Avoid low-or high-temperature environments

4
Avoid high-humidity environments.

1. Do not move the drive or computer system while the optical drive is in operation and do not attempt to open the disc tray by force. 2. Make sure to close all working programs before attempting to open the tray and always use the open/close button. 2. Do not insert a pin into the emergency opening while in operation 1. 4. Do not insert hands in the tray while in operation.

This may cause damage to the product or human body.

1. Do not use cracked, distorted or damaged discs 2. Always make sure that the disc does not have a crack before use. If the disc has a crack (especially around the center hole), it is recommended to make a copy immediately and use the copy instead. When a cracked disc is used continuously, the size of the crack is likely to grow and this will eventually result in irreparable damage to the disc. 3. In particular, a disc with a crack on the inner tracks may break while in use

DATE: 10/06/10

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Handling Precaution for Optical Disk Drive & Media


Dons: t Do not place the disc it under direct sunlight. 1 Do not scratch or place a label on the disc, this may bring excessive vibration in the optical disc 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 drive and or the labels may get tangled to the internal mechanism of the drive Do not expose the disc to severe temperature-fluctuations. This may lead to disk warping making it unstable while it rotates in the drive. Do not touch the surface of the disc.

If the disc surface becomes dirty with fingerprints, foreign substances or dust, the disc may not function properly and it lead to excessive movement / wear and tear of drive mechanism While the LED indicator is blinking, do not turn the computer system off, nor disconnect the optical disk drive. Otherwise it may cause damage to the drive While dismantling the drive dont touch the lens . In half height drives after putting the media in the tray, do not try to push the tray for closing, instead use only the open/close button. Don't use a hard cloth, abrasives or solvents for cleaning the lens as that may scratch the lens in

Lens

the slim type optical disk drive.

10

DONOT attempt to touch or clean the lens with any fabric at any cost. Cleaning it creates micro scratches on the lens surface. These scratches deflect the laser beam making it impossible for the laser to read the disk properly. Close-up photo of such micro scratches on the lens surface

Dos: 1 2
Place the disc so that it sits on its side on a flat surface Handle the disc with caution to prevent damage from an external shock

3
Place your fingers on the edge of the disc to hold

4 5
6

Clean the disc lightly with soft cotton cloth, starting from the center and move to the edge of the disc **Use only M3 X 6 screw for mounting the drive. Using screws other than M3x6 may cause malfunction In slim drives press the media gently in the centre of the tray so that which will hold it correctly and then push the tray for closing.

Problem recognizing that there is a disc in the drive, which leads to long read time and not responding, but drive may function perfectly, then it's likely to be the disc that is the problem, so the media should be changed immediately rather than trying with same media.

Note: Depending upon the system model and ordering, optical disk drive may or may not be available in your system. ** Applicable only for 5.25 inch full height optical drive disk used in desktop computers
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