On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:26 PM, warhelmet
<nova.akrop...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> I've made some progress. I think I had the dvd mounted too far forward
> initially. But the beauty of mounting with velcro is that I can easily
> adjust the positioning of the drive.
>
> The dvd drive powers up and makes noises. It will suck in and spit out
> disks. However, it seems to have real problems getting a disk to spin
> up. I can hear the motor struggle. I've tested several disks and it
> only likes one (a CD-ROM). I can't see any difference between the
> disks. Seeing as it came in the post not terribly well protected, I
> wonder if some of the metal work has got bent?
>
> Any suggestions before I go back to the vendor?
>
if it sees the cdrom, then mechanically it seems sound
what media have you tried?
what results did you get from each of the following type of disc?
factory cd:
music ?
data?
factory dvd:
movie?
data?
home made discs:
data:
DVD R(w) ?
CD R(w) ?
video:
DVD R(w) ?
CD R(w) ?
music:
DVD R(w) ?
CD R(w) ?
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