on Wednesday 06/25/2008 Uwe Thiem([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote
> On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Yoav Luft wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I posted a similar e-mail a couple of weeks ago and got no
> > response. I wish not to spam the mailing list, only for maybe a
> > better luck this time. My CD ROM drive had stopped playing audio
> > CD's. It still works fine, data CD's work alright and various
> > programs manage to gather useful information about the audio CD's
> > tracks, but I hear nothing. I checked all controls in alsamixer to
> > be unmuted and at reasonable volume, but it's not it. I can't rip
> > the CD's neither. Any ideas what might be wrong?
>
> This looks like the two-wire cable between the CD ROM and your
> soundcard is missing or loose. I'd check this first. If this is a
> laptop, it might well be that the connection between the two
> subsystems was left out intentionally by the manufacturer to save a
> couple of cents. Some do that. :-(
>
I am having the same problem -- but additionally my CDROM has no
place to even put such a cable -- at least according to the person who
actually put the machine together.
I have not opened up the box to check, but if so, what can I do to
play cds?
--
Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is:
How do
you spend it?
John Covici
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