Miark wrote: >I have a LiteOn CD burner. There's nothing in the drive, >but the lite is on solid, the tray won't open with either >the button or "eject /dev/scd0". In fact, /dev/scd0 seems >to be missing altogther, and Winblows doesn't see the drive >at all, either. > >It's connected to the system at hdc, and the DVD drive on >hdd is working normally. Cable is attached tightly. > >Is this more likely a drive problem, or a mobo problem? >Any other comments? > >tia, >Miark > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well it is UNLIKELY to be a mobo problem because the other device works and the IDE bus is set up (nominally) to work only one device per channel at a time. If the Lite-On were selected all the time, then the other could not (though drakopt showed up some temporary intermediate states on IDE channels in some cases with older drives, it just could not be more than a transitory phenomenon).
So consign the drive to an artwork project where its spinning motor can make something mobile. Civileme
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