[GRLUG] Fussy Optical Drive [probably hardware]

[Professor Inuyasha]

seem like you need new ROM, I have couple of ROM and I can sell for $10

most is CD-rom, few is cd burner and DVD burner

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 7:43 AM, JD Walsh III <jd.walsh at comcast.net> 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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