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NerdcoreSteve
November 15th, 2009, 04:57 AM
I was getting a few errors after the 9.10 install and rather than try to troubleshoot the issue, I decided to just do a reinstall, which seemed quicker. but I can't get the system to recognize the rw cd. It rev's up then revs down. Then revs up then revs down, it keeps doing that indefinitely. If I restart the computer with the cd in, I get a blank screen until I hit eject. I put a dvd in and it seems to keep trying to read it indefinitely.

I've tried a few cd's and even the cd I used to install Ubuntu last doesn't work.

Some music cd's seem to work, others don't. Argh. So frustrating.
jdb
November 15th, 2009, 11:09 AM
I was getting a few errors after the 9.10 install and rather than try to troubleshoot the issue, I decided to just do a reinstall, which seemed quicker. but I can't get the system to recognize the rw cd. It rev's up then revs down. Then revs up then revs down, it keeps doing that indefinitely. If I restart the computer with the cd in, I get a blank screen until I hit eject. I put a dvd in and it seems to keep trying to read it indefinitely.

I've tried a few cd's and even the cd I used to install Ubuntu last doesn't work.

Some music cd's seem to work, others don't. Argh. So frustrating.

If it did that trying to boot a liveCD there's only three things I can think of.

1) Hardware, maybe just a dirty LED in the CD drive.

2) A setting in bios got changed, doesn't sound like it though.

3) The liveCD you're using is bad.

jdb
NerdcoreSteve
November 16th, 2009, 12:17 PM
I've used more than one disk. It's weird, some audio discs work others don't. Nothing else works, but I wonder if it's because my install is hosed. When I play videos from Miro they all look blue. The controls in you tube videos don't work, and I get errors when I try to install new updates.
NerdcoreSteve
November 16th, 2009, 01:11 PM
Should any external usb cd-r drive work with my pangolin?
thomasaaron
November 16th, 2009, 02:47 PM
Yes.
NerdcoreSteve
November 17th, 2009, 01:32 PM
Yes.

My computer should still be under warranty. What is your advice?
thomasaaron
November 17th, 2009, 03:57 PM
Please contact me at support...at...system76...dot...com and we'll get you a new drive.