Re: Poll about DVD drive behavior
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 11:22:53 +0100
"Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it was one one my first posts to this list when i asked if Debian
> software was to blame for automatically pulling in a DVD burner's
> tray after 200 seconds. Model is: HL-DT-ST (LG) GH24NSC0.
>
> Back then i even asked the LG customer support whether this was a
> known feature, which they denied. So i blamed it on an individual
> quirk of the drive. This was corroborated by the fact that the drive
> showed this behavior while EFI was waiting for my input about what to
> boot.
>
> But now i got a new burner, ASUS DRW-24D5MT, which shows the same
> behavior. Because it is built into a test machine, i dug out a
> screwdriver and unplugged the SATA data cable. So neither firmware
> nor operating system can order it to move its tray. Nevertheless,
> after about 200 seconds, the tray moves in.
>
> So my question to all owners of optical drives which have a motor to
> pull in the tray:
> Does the tray stay out for clearly more than 200 seconds ?
>
> If you have a drive which pulls in on its own, please post its
> producer and model id. (Obtain by burn program, or lshw, or by its
> name in /dev/disk/by-id.)
>
Two drives in my desktop machine, neither retract by themselves. To be
honest, I thought that was a normal function of CD drives themselves,
not computer software.
HL-DT-ST (LG) DVDRAM GSA-4160B
LITE-ON LTR-32125W
--
Joe
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