On Fri, Oct 08, 2010 at 01:21:34AM -0000, Darksyde wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Scott <scottro@...> wrote:
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> > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 07:17:15AM -0000, Darksyde wrote:
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> > > No, I cannot eject the disk that's in there. That may be at least part of the problem.
> > > Mark
> > >
> >
> > I'm a bit confused by this one--do you mean a CD that is in there, and
> > you can't get it out?
> >
> > Probably a stupid question, but every so often people aren't familiar
> > with it--most CD drives (not Apple of course, because then you wouldn't
> > have to pay them to fix it), have a small hole in the front of the
> > tray--if you put a paper clip or something equally small in there, it
> > should open the CD tray, whether the computer is on or off.
> Not a stupid question at all, Scott. Unfortunately Dell didn't see fit to use a tray.
I'm still confused then, by
> > > No, I cannot eject the disk that's in there. That may be at least part of the problem.
> > > Mark
If there's no CD tray, how is there a disk in there--or is that what you
meant, that as there's no disk in there, you can't eject it?
Rather than repair, you could probably get a similar laptop for the same
price. Well, maybe--cheap laptops have really gotten cheaper, but, in
US dollars, at least it seems there's a bunch for under $500, then to
improve the quality a bit, you're going up to $700, not to mention how
Dell, for example, advertises a low price, but the specs are terrible,
then charges $100 for another GB of RAM, and so on. (Actually, I don't
think they're that bad, but probably close to it.)
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