DVD drive not mounting

[Jason Shaw]

On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Lennart Sorensen <
lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
> Len Sorensen
>
> 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.

-jason
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