Re: Poll about DVD drive behavior

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

Thomas Schmitt 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 ?

  yes.  it will sit there until i do something to it.  i'm
not actually sure if it will close when i shut down the system
but i think it will close when i boot up.


> 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.)

  i hate it when machines do things i don't want them to do.

  that is what eject is for!  :)


  songbird