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lukaszewski@uthscsa.edu
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Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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 Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject:
Re: Problems with cdrom.
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Eric H. wrote:
| Quote: | ...you are certain that
everything is configured correctly, there is no other option assuming
you've cleaned the drive of dust, etc.
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Yeah I was certain that everything is configured correctly. Cleaning
the drive - I did this at the beginning of my tests 
So, I just bought a new (used) cdrom (Toshiba XM-6401B) for $35 (ship.
incl.) on ebay and everything is allright now. Cdrom reads media just
fine:) !!!
Thanks guys for everything!
Best wishes,
Marcin Lukaszewski. |
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Eric H.
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Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 9:38 pm Post subject:
Re: Problems with cdrom.
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lukaszewski@uthscsa.edu wrote:
| Quote: | thegoldbug wrote:
Have you tried testing the CD with a "data" disk or tried hooking up the CD
to another
computer for testing?
Yes, I plugged this drive to Mac system - same results. Drive is listed
but it can't read any cd's (doesn't matter what type of data). Led is
blinking non stop and that's it.
Any thoughts?
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Simple diagnostics would tell you that the drive seems to be dead. If it
doesn't work in more than one computer and you are certain that
everything is configured correctly, there is no other option assuming
you've cleaned the drive of dust, etc. |
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lukaszewski@uthscsa.edu
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| Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:23 pm Post subject:
Re: Problems with cdrom.
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thegoldbug wrote:
| Quote: | Have you tried testing the CD with a "data" disk or tried hooking up the CD
to another
computer for testing?
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Yes, I plugged this drive to Mac system - same results. Drive is listed
but it can't read any cd's (doesn't matter what type of data). Led is
blinking non stop and that's it.
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thegoldbug
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Joined: 23 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:18 pm Post subject:
Re: Problems with cdrom.
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<lukaszewski@uthscsa.edu> wrote in message
news:1130426794.987316.325760@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
| Quote: | How is the external drive connected? Is the correct SCSI cable being
used, and is it properly terminated?
Yes, drive is connected properly. It's first device in the chain
(second is tape drive) and the chain is properly terminated. SCSI ID
set on 4, ID for a tape drive set on 6. Using "hinv" - everything is
properly listed. When I insert a cd disc into this cdrom the LED starts
blinking and never stops, unless you press eject. I tried plugged this
drive as standalone (w/o tape device) but there is no difference.
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Have you tried testing the CD with a "data" disk or tried hooking up the CD
to another
computer for testing?
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lukaszewski@uthscsa.edu
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:26 pm Post subject:
Re: Problems with cdrom.
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| Quote: | How is the external drive connected? Is the correct SCSI cable being
used, and is it properly terminated?
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Yes, drive is connected properly. It's first device in the chain
(second is tape drive) and the chain is properly terminated. SCSI ID
set on 4, ID for a tape drive set on 6. Using "hinv" - everything is
properly listed. When I insert a cd disc into this cdrom the LED starts
blinking and never stops, unless you press eject. I tried plugged this
drive as standalone (w/o tape device) but there is no difference. |
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Gary Heston
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Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:53 am Post subject:
Re: Problems with cdrom.
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In article <1130347089.146290.208830@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
<lukaszewski@uthscsa.edu> wrote:
| Quote: | Hello,
I'm new lab technician and one of my job duties is bring to life an SGI
Octane. It haven't been used for at about month. I checked that there
is an Irix 6.5 installed on it. Everything seems to be ok except
external cdrom (Toshiba XM-6201TA). It can't read media. I was trying
to install a few graphic aplications, I inserted a music cd (cdda) -
nothing. Drive is trying to read media, light is blinking (non-stop)
and nothing is happening. [ ... ]
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How is the external drive connected? Is the correct SCSI cable being
used, and is it properly terminated?
Gary
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Gary Heston gheston@hiwaay.net
The Intel ASCI Red supercomputer placed first in the 11/97 list of
the top 500 supercomputers in the world, at 1.338 TeraFLOPs max.
As of 6/05, it wouldn't make the list. |
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lukaszewski@uthscsa.edu
*nix forums beginner
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
Posts: 6
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| Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:
Problems with cdrom.
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Hello,
I'm new lab technician and one of my job duties is bring to life an SGI
Octane. It haven't been used for at about month. I checked that there
is an Irix 6.5 installed on it. Everything seems to be ok except
external cdrom (Toshiba XM-6201TA). It can't read media. I was trying
to install a few graphic aplications, I inserted a music cd (cdda) -
nothing. Drive is trying to read media, light is blinking (non-stop)
and nothing is happening. When I click (right mose button) on the
cd-rom icon and choose open, I got message "Cd-rom drive is unloaded).
I've tried to connect this drive to old Mac - the same behaving - looks
like trying to attempt to path. So I assume that there is something
wrong with this cd but maybe someone has any hints or solutions? Thanks
in advance for any response.
Marcin Lukaszewski. |
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