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Questions tagged [optical-drive]

An optical drive is a kind of drive that can read (and usually write) optical media like CDs, DVDs, or Blu-Ray discs.

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What is special about Apple SuperDrive

I am planning on replacing my internal SuperDrive with a SSD and I was wondering if I should get an external enclosure specially for the internal SuperDrive or I can use my old drive (with an external enclosure) - Asus DRW 24B3ST. Any reason I…
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CD drive always available in a laptop

How can I make the CD drive always available in a laptop, even when it is running on batteries?
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Why is it that my disk tray doesn't eject?

The problem is every time I click the button to open the disc tray, it never opens. How do I fix this?
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Which CD Drive is used during boot if have multiple drives

I have 7 CD Drives attached to my computer. Now i want to install Linux on computer. But i am not sure which drive is used when i boot. I tried once putting in any drive. The Linux starts but after sometime it says there is Ubuntu Live CD present. I…
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Optical Drive to USB (cable type)

I want to connect my optical drive via usb, but I don't know what kind of cable I need. The optical drive is a Samsung SN-S082. Here is a picture of the input: Can anyone tell me what kind of cable do I need to buy?
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LITEON DS8A3S reads CDs and blank DVDs fine, while other DVDs trigger "no disk in drive" reaction

I have an Acer Aspire 5738Z with a LITEON Slimtype DS8A3S. The firmware on it is HA17. It used to read everything excluding DL DVDs fine, but now it only reads CDs and blank DVDs. I've tried the following: Using a lens cleaner. CDs now work faster,…
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The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0

I opened the CD-ROM drive on my server and blew out the dust. After it closed, I noticed that this error was appearing in Event Viewer: The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0 Can you help me to fix this?
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