Duo CD accessing problem

From Mark Senger <xxxxxx@wi.rr.com>
Date
Hi all,
I'm kind of new to the list and was looking for some help. I posted this 
problem on the pcenginfx.com message board and the consensus seems to be 
a my laser going bad.
I just wanted to get a second opinion before I shell out the cash to get 
it fixed.
I tried playing my (not quite legal version) of Dracula X (yeah, I 
know... but I can't afford the original) and the Duo couldn't start it 
up. I could hear the laser moving and it made a high pitched whining 
noise (maybe of the CD spinning?) but it would error out and tell me to 
re-set the disc or something. It used to work fine so this was very odd.
I then tried a normal disc and it worked perfectly, not even with the 
whining noise. I tried cleaning the discs and even tried using a CD 
cleaner on the Duo but nothing works. DracX won't work but the normal 
games seemed to play perfectly. Well, not long after I was playing Ys1&2 
and I got a really long abnormal load time when it tried loading an 
area. At first I thought the game froze, but it came back after about a 
minute.
Anyone know how I can fix this? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mark