Hey guys

My cdrom won't read. I've had this problem for about 4 weeks but never got around to fixing it. It just says no medium found. The thing is is that when I start Linux the startup screen says that it reads the drive. If i press the button it opens and when I start the computer it goes through the motion of checking it (I get the whirlly sound). It doesn't work in Linux or Windows. I'm getting pretty frustrated and I have an extra one but I don't want to switch and find out it's a mother board problem or something like that.

Any help?

Doubtful that its the motherboard if everything else is working, Is there a disk in the drive? sometimes it wont mount unless theres a disk in the drive. but if its not working at all under win or linux swap it out, Its really easy.

Yeah, that's really pretty vague. Swap em out, no biggie really. You'll be able to narrow it down easier that way.

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