The DVD-RW drive in my laptop is partially faulty:
* It cannot read or write CDs -- it just sits there going clonk
every two seconds -- pre-recorded music CDs, recorded data CD-R,
blank CR-R, makes no difference. It does this even when I have
entered the BIOS setup at power on, so it seems to be the drive
itself, not related to software.
* it plays pre-recorded movie DVDs correctly. I have not tried
writing DVDs of any type, or tried reading self-burned /DVD[+-]RW?/
For reference, it is an NEC ND-6550A.
I was busy writing a CD, when Brasero popped up an box saying something
like 'An unexpected error occurred'. It has never worked since then.
Some advice wanted:
* Why would it fail in this way? What is special about CDs that it
cannot read them, but it can read DVDs
* The 3-year guarantee expired 2 months ago. Is this something I
could make a fuss about?
* An exact replacement does not seem available any more. Any
suggestions for drop-in replacements?
* Does a replacement have to be Linux-compatible?
Thank you
Stephen Irons
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