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Re: [LUG] lost dvd

 

james kilty wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 13:59 +0000, Steve Marvell wrote:
>> Is there a pin sized hole which you can bung a paper clip in?
>>     
> Yes and I have released the disc. Thanks, Steve, a start! Next?
Hi James,

You said there is no light and eject does not work.  Do/did you hear the 
disc attempting to spin up?  If you do then the fault is likely to be 
internal to the drive.  If there is absolutely no activity at all then 
chances are that all it will be is a loose Molex (power) cable.  If it 
was a loose data cable I would expect the light and drive to work, but 
for it to be undetectable to any OS.

Kind regards,

Julian

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