CD/DVD writer no longer works

[Robert Marella]

On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 15:34:01 -0600
Paul Schmehl <pauls at utdallas.edu> wrote:


> The result of this command doesn't change if there's a known good CD
> in the drive.  And are you saying that the *device* appears to be
> bad?  Or the *driver* appears to be bad?  Is there a way to confirm
> this (utility?  test process?)
> 
FWIW, I had similar problems with a DVD burner a couple of weeks ago. I
went ahead and replaced it and the troubles went away. You could try
and see if you could boot a live file system with it. Or, boot from
another optical drive (if you have one) on the system with something
like freesbie/ubuntu and see if it works with the live file system.

HTH
Robert