[PLUG] Thinkpad DVD drive failure, maybe

MJang mike at linuxexam.com
Fri Apr 12 01:44:31 UTC 2013


On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 20:19 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I think the DVD drive in my Thinkpad is kaput. Actually, not the drive.
> I think it is the connector in the back that the drive plugs into that
> is flaky. It has been temperamental for some time. I bought a
> refurbished drive that worked better at first, but now it won't work
> either. I can't get anything to mount - DVD, CD, new media, nada. The
> light flashes for a while, but then stops and nothing appears
> in /media. 

It might be worth trying a new DVD drive. If this Amazon listing is to
be believed, ref
www.amazon.com/IBM-Geninue-Original-Ultrabay-Thinkpad/dp/B0026M6NNS , a
new OEM drive is $32.

Otherwise, I might go for a new laptop, or perhaps a refurb T410.

Thanks,
Mike




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