<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Lennart Sorensen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org">lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 04:08:36AM -0500, Rajinder Yadav wrote:<br>
> possibly bad hardware, or a bad cable. doesn't work on windows either.<br>
><br>
> opened up case and made sure cable was on ok, check the bios everything<br>
> looks ok<br>
><br>
> could it be a master/slave issue? i have an ide drive on the same cable.<br>
> if it was a master/slave issue, i am guessing the bios would not detect<br>
> both drives correctly? the hd works fine on my linux, just the DVD fails<br>
<br>
</div>If the drive is detected, then the cable and settings are fine. If it<br>
can't see a disk, most likely the laser pickup or other part of the<br>
drive mechanism is busted.<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><meta charset="utf-8"><div>Just to completely rule out operating systems, can you try booting from a livecd of some sort to see if it reads? It does sound like the hardware is at fault right now though.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-jason </div></div>