Help with CD drive

[Asher]

<born1986> why the **** isn't my disc drive working
<born1986> i ****ing worked on that essay for three friggin' hours in school
<born1986> i now i cant finish it 'cos my ****in drive ain't working
<Z00ass> you got the right drivers?
<born1986> hell yes
<born1986> it was working fine yesterday
<born1986> why does this **** always happen to me?
<Z00ass> maybe that little clip on the side is i nthe wrong position
<born1986> i havent touched it since school
<born1986> i'm growing impatient
<born1986> ANGRY even
<Z00ass> throw that **** out tha window

. . .

<born1986> OMG i ****in did it!!!
<born1986> ****!!!!!
<Z00ass> it works?
<born1986> no, i threw it out the window
<Z00ass> the disk?
<born1986> NO the whole drive
<born1986> i live on the 6th floor, made a nice *smash*
<Z00ass>
<born1986> **** **** ****
<born1986> THE DISK WAS STILL INSIDE
<born1986> brb

. . .

<born1986> ****
<Z00ass> what? did ya break it?
<born1986> well i couldn't open the drive
<born1986> so i had to pound it against a rock
<Z00ass>
<born1986> quite HARD
<born1986> and you know what?
<born1986> that ****ing disk wasnt even there
<Z00ass> ???
<born1986> i got so mad i threw the remaiders of the drive on to the freeway
<born1986> and when i got back upstairs i foud the disk inside my bag
<Z00ass> lol
<born1986> I NEVER EVEN PUT IT IN THE DRIVE
<born1986> i'm actually cryin right now

. . .

<born1986> wonder if i could make that drive work again
<born1986> brb

[Alinestra Covelia]

Buggeringsoddingarse****etbucktwunttitbanditpotfec kerseslutmerkinCDdrive ARGGH!


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Actually, I didn't leave forever. Things just happened, like a job and stuff.

ALso I'm thinking of changing my username for good. Anybody know how to do that?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
ALso I'm thinking of changing my username for good. Anybody know how to do that?

Send a PM to a mod.

[tonic]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia

Actually, I didn't leave forever. Things just happened, like a job and stuff.

My situation too - real reality takes over from the virtual these days. So "once in a blue moon" as they used to say, I drop in for nostalgia's sake.

On the CD-Rom unit, I'm with those recommending a new drive. Even in pricey Oz, the price is down to some AUD$15.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Alinestra Covelia
Any other suggestions? I'll save up the disassembling until there's no other option. Does anybody know how to check if there's any application using my CD drive?

Reset the computer, go into BIOS.
If the drive still displays the non-closing properties, it isn't an application causing the problem.

Oh, and destroy your old one after the new one is working.

[Alinestra Covelia]

nokey BIOrd typing BI cOp ing pAsting word BI sodding word Right-click Right-click Right-click arse

[Provost Harrison]

Riiiight...

[Alinestra Covelia]

Sorry - I was without a keyboard fora while and had to type each letter by right clicking and copying.

BIOS sounds good and I'll do that soon, now that I have an F8 key and everything.

[aneeshm]

Have you tried closing it by pushing the tray in ?

[Ted Striker]

Uninstall Linux

Get a real desktop OS

[Ted Striker]

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Ted Striker
Get a real desktop OS

What's that? OpenBSD?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
What's that? OpenBSD?

[Ted Striker]

The BSD's are the best web, DNS, mail, and file servers in the world, but I wish they had some nice desktops. (Excluding Mac OSX of course).

There is a new DragonFly BSD release, the goal of the project is to make it a true multinode OS much in the same way the old VAX was. That means like a forever uptime. They even mention WAN clustering, now that would kick azz.

[Ted Striker]

Wow, there is actually a GUI installer for FreeBSD on the desktop! Unbelievable. Finally, after 10 years. It looks kinda like the RedHat installer:

http://www.pcbsd.org/screenshots.html