[GRLUG] Fussy Optical Drive [probably hardware]

[Dennis Kaminski]

On Tue, 2008-06-03 at 07:43 -0400, JD Walsh III wrote:
> Since I moved one of my computers to a new case, I have an issue where I 
> will insert a CD or DVD into the main optical drive, and it will reject 
> it. Specifically, the tray slides in, it thinks for a moment, and then 
> the tray slides back out. No messages at all in Linux (unless they're 
> hidden in a log file somewhere). Sometimes the disc stays in the first 
> time, but usually it takes two or three tries before the drive accepts 
> it. Once the drive accepts the disc, though, everything seems to work 
> just fine.
> 
> As I can use the drive with a minimum of inconvenience, this is a 
> low-priority problem, but I would really like to know why it's 
> happening. I've checked the cable connections from the drive to the 
> motherboard (twice), and they seem snug. I suppose it's possible that 
> there's a linux-related problem here somewhere, but my money says that 
> the drive is going bad. Anyone have any thoughts?
> 
> --jd
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I ran into a problem before when I rotated a CD drive from horizontal to
vertical. 

Best regards,
Dennis