Re: [OT]: how to troubleshoot an optical drive in Linux
On 5 Mar at 22:48 "H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> 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 the drive
> was dead (maybe the motor had died).
>
> However, it started to work a few days ago out of the blue! Today though,
> it has again stopped working.
>
> I wonder what is going. It is dual boot laptop. It started to work when
> the user was fiddling with Nero in Windows (it had stopped working after
> the user first started using Nero).
>
> Are there any tools in Linux which I can use to see what is going on? The
> laptop is long out of warranty so calling Dell is not an option.
My Inspiron 5100 did just that. Turned out to be dirty contacts in the drive
connector. Try removing the drive, and re-installing it. ISTR Dell's web
site has instructions somewhere on how to do it.
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Tony van der Hoff | mailto:tony@vanderhoff.org
Buckinghamshire, England
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