DVDs not spinning
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Bear with me this may be long.
So I recently borrowed some DVDs from a friend of mine. The first few worked just fine, however I put in the third and I hear an odd scrapping noise come out of my DVD player. Mind you My DVD player has played discs before and after just fine with no damage to either the DVDs or the player. So I inspect the DVD to find this strange white residue around the inner ring of the DVD where it fits into the turntable. I look at the other discs to see if they have it to. They all do with various levels of this mysterious buildup.
So I contact my friend to ask him if he knows something about this. He tells me that this build up is the result of a so called preservation project he had done to the entire series to prevent the DVDs from corroding, and the residue was dried super glue. However this dried super glue or something to do with it is cause the discs to incorrectly couple with the DVD players turntable and as a result make scrapping noises and such instead of actually reading and playing back the video encoded on them.
So I ask is there a ready solution to this problem?
So I recently borrowed some DVDs from a friend of mine. The first few worked just fine, however I put in the third and I hear an odd scrapping noise come out of my DVD player. Mind you My DVD player has played discs before and after just fine with no damage to either the DVDs or the player. So I inspect the DVD to find this strange white residue around the inner ring of the DVD where it fits into the turntable. I look at the other discs to see if they have it to. They all do with various levels of this mysterious buildup.
So I contact my friend to ask him if he knows something about this. He tells me that this build up is the result of a so called preservation project he had done to the entire series to prevent the DVDs from corroding, and the residue was dried super glue. However this dried super glue or something to do with it is cause the discs to incorrectly couple with the DVD players turntable and as a result make scrapping noises and such instead of actually reading and playing back the video encoded on them.
So I ask is there a ready solution to this problem?
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KG989 wrote...
Bear with me this may be long. So I recently borrowed some DVDs from a friend of mine. The first few worked just fine, however I put in the third and I hear an odd scrapping noise come out of my DVD player. Mind you My DVD player has played discs before and after just fine with no damage to either the DVDs or the player. So I inspect the DVD to find this strange white residue around the inner ring of the DVD where it fits into the turntable. I look at the other discs to see if they have it to. They all do with various levels of this mysterious buildup.
So I contact my friend to ask him if he knows something about this. He tells me that this build up is the result of a so called preservation project he had done to the entire series to prevent the DVDs from corroding, and the residue was dried super glue. However this dried super glue or something to do with it is cause the discs to incorrectly couple with the DVD players turntable and as a result make scrapping noises and such instead of actually reading and playing back the video encoded on them.
So I ask is there a ready solution to this problem?
The buildup is creating an unstable spin it sounds like. You could try fingernail polish remover but why anyone would use super glue to protect CD/DVDs is beyond me since the chemicals in those products melt plastic and are horribly hard to get rid of. If I had to guess though I would say they are toast. The chemicals probably corrupted the circle to sit on the spindle and if you look I am sure you will see pock marks.
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When he told me of this ingenious plan to stop corrosion I didn't ask why. As for the fingernail polish remover idea, would that eat through the plastic as well?
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KG989 wrote...
What about applying something else to the surface for traction?Hmm without damaging the drive the only thing of that I can think of is carbon and I think that would do more damage. I still don't know why your friend used super glue because even if it didn't eat the plastic the buildup would create an imbalance that would prevent the disc from spinning correctly. I wish I could help but I think they are done.
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Damn. Hmm Looks like I will be buying these DVDs for myself then. Well thank you for the help anyway man, I appreciate it.
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Nachbar wrote...
Wow crazy. Sounds as crazy as my friends' idea to flush a CD in in the toilet order to clean it.Did he throw it in the washer for a spin dry after?
