Re: [OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux

2008-03-06 Thread Kent West
H.S. wrote: Douglas A. Tutty wrote: It should close on power-on. I am not sure what you mean by it should close on power-on. Ignore this suggestion; it's not usually true of laptop drives. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: [OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux

2008-03-06 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 5 Mar at 22:48 "H.S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello, > > In a Dell laptop, Inspiron 5160, the optical drive appeared to have died a > few days ago. The disk stopped spinning, Fn+Eject stopped working and the > button on the drive also stopped working. Attemp

Re: [OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux

2008-03-05 Thread H.S.
Dotan Cohen wrote: The instructions for removing the optical drive from the Inspiron 5160 are here: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins5160/en/SM/upgrades.htm#wp1106797 Ah, many thanks! I will give it a shot in a day or two. regards, ->HS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PR

Re: [OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux

2008-03-05 Thread H.S.
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: To eliminate a software problem with the drive, the eject button should work during POST and during BIOS screens. It doesn't. The drive's LED blinks (I guess normally), but the drive does not eject. If it contains a CD, the OS fails to detect the CD. To eliminate

Re: [OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux

2008-03-05 Thread Dotan Cohen
On 06/03/2008, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 05:48:05PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > > In a Dell laptop, Inspiron 5160, the optical drive appeared to have died > > a few days ago. The disk stopped spinning, Fn+Eject stopped working and > > the button on the drive

Re: [OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux

2008-03-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 05:48:05PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > In a Dell laptop, Inspiron 5160, the optical drive appeared to have died > a few days ago. The disk stopped spinning, Fn+Eject stopped working and > the button on the drive also stopped working. Attempting to eject lights > the LED on the d

[OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux

2008-03-05 Thread H.S.
Hello, In a Dell laptop, Inspiron 5160, the optical drive appeared to have died a few days ago. The disk stopped spinning, Fn+Eject stopped working and the button on the drive also stopped working. Attempting to eject lights the LED on the drive, but the tray is never ejected. I had thought t