Le mer 22/10/2003 � 10:31, Luis Alves a �crit : > I tried to install the Mandrake 9.2 Download edition on > a IBM PC 300 PL > witch has a > LG CDROM > CRD-8400B > > and the cdrom was death before it showed the panel to select the packages. > I never seen this before so I assumed it was a cdrom problem. > So I removed the cdrom drive connect it to another computer and it > doesn't work any more. > doesn't even turn the ligth on. > > In my company we have several of these machines so I removed a cdrom > from another PC 300 PL machine > and connected to this one, just to see if i could finnish the instalation. > > It just fried the second cdrom drive also (LG CRD-8400B) > > I realized that the new mandrake just cost me to CDROM drives. > I couldn't believe it. > > So I went and got a new drive this time from a diferent manufacture and > more recent. > This time everything was fine, and the installation was executed with no > problem. > > Another thing the machine had mandrake 9.1 installed there, and at never > had problem with the CDROM drive.
Did it really died, or can you use it with hdc=nodma as i'm obliged to do for years with my LG model HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B ? (from mdk 8.1 to 9.1) Stef --
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