Re: anyone willing to help me?

[Peter Kolbus <prkolbus@xxxxxxx>]

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Hi Andrew,

On combo drives, there are actually two separate laser diodes, since
the wavelength of light used to read each type of media is different.
Given that, and the fact that the computer can't boot from a CD, means
that Suse has nothing to do with it.

The CD laser has gone bad, and the DVD laser is also going bad (since
it will read "some" discs).  Your best bet is to replace the drive.

Peter Kolbus


Kyle Schneider wrote:
> Begin forwarded message:
>> Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:56:41 -0400 (EDT)
>> Subject: anyone willing to help me?
>> From: "Andrew Glaeser" <aoglaese@xxxxxxx>
>> To: lug-l@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> I'm having problems with my old (2003) Suse 9.2 laptop and I've
>> been told
>> that the LUG is the place to go to for help. I'm hoping someone out
>> there
>> is willing to help me out because I'm not familiar with linux.
>> Here's the
>> just of the problem: it stopped reading cd's but I don't think its a
>> hardware problem because it will still read some DVD's. I'm hoping
>> that if
>> I can get a new version of linux (beginner friendly please)
>> installed on
>> it, it may fix the optical drive problem, but it won't read cd's to
>> install anything.  I would greatly appreciate any help or advice that
>> anyone can give me.
>> Thanks,
>> Andrew Glaeser
>> aoglaese@xxxxxxx
>> (906)483-8796
>
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> Kyle Schneider
> Social Sciences - Secondary Education
> MTU Linux Users Group Vice President
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