The ODD activity light flashes slowly and continuously, and the drive seems to act more sluggish. What is the most likely problem?
A) The drive has a dirty laser lens or disc.
B) The drive is going bad.
C) The drive should be configured as master instead of slave.
D) The buffers need to be flushed.
E) The cache memory needs to be upgraded on the drive.

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A dirty laser lens or disc can cause the optical disc drive (ODD) to read data more slowly, leading to sluggish performance and possibly causing the activity light to flash slowly and continuously as the drive struggles to read the disc.

The ODD Activity Light Flashes Slowly and Continuously, and the Drive