DVD drive not mounting

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 04:08:36AM -0500, Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> possibly bad hardware, or a bad cable. doesn't work on windows either.
>
> opened up case and made sure cable was on ok, check the bios everything  
> looks ok
>
> could it be a master/slave issue? i have an ide drive on the same cable.  
> if it was a master/slave issue, i am guessing the bios would not detect  
> both drives correctly? the hd works fine on my linux, just the DVD fails

If the drive is detected, then the cable and settings are fine.  If it
can't see a disk, most likely the laser pickup or other part of the
drive mechanism is busted.

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Len Sorensen
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