Sadly, this is not the best way to introduce myself to this cd-i community, but I really need your help.
I bought my cd-i 450 over 6 months ago and it worked perfectly. Because of summer holiday, my cd-i was not used for 8 weeks. Today I decided to power it up again, but I quickly ran into problems.
When I start up the game, it works alright but it quickly freezes (sometimes the sound first stops) and I get a 'your disc might be dirty' message. I cleaned the disc and put it back again, but I keep getting the same message. I also tried to clean up the cd-i itself carefully, because I suspect that the lens is dirty. Still, all games I have keep freezing after a short period of time and I keep getting the 'your disc might be dirty' message.
Is this just too much dust in the system (the discs are clean and worked perfectly 8 weeks ago) or is my cd-i broken? And can you clean the system without damaging the lens? I checked the lens with a magnifier glass and it looked fine.
Thanks for helping
cd-i 450 disc reading problems
disc read problems,
Hi ya ,
what and how did you clean the lens with? Also the lens if moved even slightly ,as they need to reflect the laser light within a very tight area will give you a "dirty disc" message ,
You could try repositioning the lens very gently with a blast of compressed air , the type you use to clean dust from pc`s etc or VERY GENTLY useing a cotton bud (and ,make sure its 100% cotton NOT the ones with only a % of cotton as these can scratch the lens),then if the problem still exsists use a tiny dab of ISOPROPOL ALCOHOL on a Cotton bud . BUT any lens manipulation could make it worse, but as It not reeading disc at all "worse" is a relative term ,
That all I can suggest , good luck , BTW 450`s are pretty cheap on ebay , or you could even get a 220 etc as there are some good deals to be had,
Baco.
what and how did you clean the lens with? Also the lens if moved even slightly ,as they need to reflect the laser light within a very tight area will give you a "dirty disc" message ,
You could try repositioning the lens very gently with a blast of compressed air , the type you use to clean dust from pc`s etc or VERY GENTLY useing a cotton bud (and ,make sure its 100% cotton NOT the ones with only a % of cotton as these can scratch the lens),then if the problem still exsists use a tiny dab of ISOPROPOL ALCOHOL on a Cotton bud . BUT any lens manipulation could make it worse, but as It not reeading disc at all "worse" is a relative term ,
That all I can suggest , good luck , BTW 450`s are pretty cheap on ebay , or you could even get a 220 etc as there are some good deals to be had,
Baco.