On 08/30/2013 12:22 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:16:34 -0700 > Dick Steffens <[email protected]> dijo: > >> When I push the button on my DVD writer the light goes on, but the >> drawer doesn't open. I ran: > The high-tech tool for this is the paper clip. One one side of the Open > button or the other there is always a tiny hole, just wide enough to > admit a paper clip bent open. Sometimes you have to peer carefully to > see the hole, but I've never seen an optical drive without one. > > Once you get the drive open you can investigate what might have caused > it to get stuck. In my experience some drives just hang occasionally > without any apparent reason. That is, I'm sure there is a reason, but > armed with my trusty paper clip I've never found it worth the effort to > figure it out.
(Back from lunch.) I tried opening the drawer with a paper clip. That was successful. So, I put a blank CD in, manually closed the door, fired up Brasero only to be told that there is "No disc available". Now I'm wondering if it's possible a cable isn't firmly seated - seated enough to show that the drive is present and turn on the light, but not seated firmly enough to cause the drawer to open when told to. That sounds a little lame, but it's what comes to mind. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
