Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Don Tai via talk
Have you checked on eBay if a replacement is available? It might be very inexpensive. If not, then how often do you use the DVD? I replaced mine with an extra disk and rarely miss the DVD. Don On 29 September 2017 at 17:14, znoteer--- via talk wrote: > > Le 29 septembre 2017 à

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:02:38 -0400 (EDT) "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" wrote: > > The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died. > > I see three options: > > 1. Get it fixed > 2. Replace it > 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD Chris, Replace it with a Blu-Ray. You

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Kevin Cozens via talk
On 2017-09-29 05:14 PM, znoteer--- via talk wrote: Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" a écrit : 2. Replace it 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD 3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because you don't have to open up

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Mauro Souza via talk
Ignore it. I don't know how long since I last used my DVD drive. I don't even know if it's working... If you want to replace it, replace by an SSD drive. On Sep 29, 2017 19:30, "Alex Short via talk" wrote: > 4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead. > > >

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson via talk
On Fri, 29 Sep 2017, Alex Short via talk wrote: 4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead.  I can't play DVDs with a USB stick. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Alex Short via talk
4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 29, 2017, at 6:27 PM, znoteer--- via talk > wrote: Le 29 septembre 2017 ? 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" > a ?crit :

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread znoteer--- via talk
> Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" > a écrit : > Hi, I'm not an expert, but here are my thoughts: > The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died. > > I see three options: > > 1. Get it fixed This will likely be the most expensive in both

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread John Moniz via talk
I would be replace it. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 05:02:38PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: > > The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died. > > I see three options: > > 1. Get it fixed > 2. Replace it > 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD > > Which would you recommend? > > (I'm running Linux Mint.)

[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson via talk
The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died. I see three options: 1. Get it fixed 2. Replace it 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD Which would you recommend? (I'm running Linux Mint.) -- Chris F.A. Johnson, --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Programming Atmel Microprocessor from Linux

2017-09-29 Thread Scott Elcomb via talk
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote: > Thanks, Kevin. Noted. > > If you give me a URL, I'll have a look at it. Going out on a limb I'm going to guess it's this one... First result in my search for "Raspberry Atmel" turned up this project (by "Kevin"

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Re: [GTALUG] Programming Atmel Microprocessor from Linux

2017-09-29 Thread Peter Hiscocks via talk
Thanks, Kevin. Noted. If you give me a URL, I'll have a look at it. Cheers - Peter > On 2017-09-22 04:22 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote: >> I'm currently developing a program in assembly language, using a Linux >> platform to host the development. The development environment is very >>