Re: hp dv2225nr laptop optical drive random ejects

2008-12-04 Thread michael
I had assumed something like that, but my drive is san cable. It uses a solid connection via a hard plastic port, similar to an sata port, but no cables. That lead me to believe that the port itself could be ill-aligned or something. I can press on the case above the optical drive and it will

hp dv2225nr laptop optical drive random ejects

2008-12-03 Thread michael
has anyone ever seen this happen? system is 8.0-current, drive is not being used and it will just eject while sitting on a table. the only error is from ata stating that the command was frozen or some sort. error isn't repeatable by user. I'm waiting for it to happen again so i can paste

Re: hp dv2225nr laptop optical drive random ejects

2008-12-03 Thread Anthony M. Rasat
has anyone ever seen this happen? system is 8.0-current, drive is not being used and it will just eject while sitting on a table. Yes, I did. It was hardware-related. It was the CD/DVD ribbon connector getting all wrinkles and apparently something resetting just out of even the smallest