Realitycheck Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 I think I need to get a new DVD drive, but this one is practically brand new, maybe a year old. When I press the button to open the carriage, the light comes on, it starts to open, but it goes back in and stays shut. Now I would automatically assume that this was a DVD problem, however, I have had a lot of program errors lately, computer freezing up, done quite a bit of hard shutdowns. I was wondering, is it possible that this is caused by a software issue, like maybe in the BIOS? I updated to the newest version of Ubuntu and that didn't help the DVD. I am just thinking that maybe with all of the hard shutdowns, something may have happened that a new DVD player would not help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted December 21, 2007 Share Posted December 21, 2007 tried a BIOS upgrade? its always worth a go. My BIOS is borked in the extreme. have to load it off a floppy disk everytime i boot my computer. still runs fine once it's started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realitycheck Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Oh yeah. I just got a new BIOS a year or two ago. You should give them a call. 1-800-800-BIOS They've got BIOS for everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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