Re: [Hampshire] Lost my CD drive...

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Author: Victor Churchill
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Lost my CD drive...
On 05/10/2007, James Ogden <james@???> wrote:
>
> According to this:
> http://docs.hp.com/en/A6828-96002/apa.html
>
> Sense 0x04 is a "Logical unit not ready" error - there's another byte
> which might be
> around somewhere if you turn up the logging which might suggest why,
> but it probably won't be that useful.
>
> The controller is timing out the drive after issuing a Read(10)
> command. The probably cause is the drive being unable to read the
> disc. If it's CD specific, check the CD surface - it's probably
> either dirty or scratched. If not, either the lens is dirty (possible
> if you've been ripping dusty CDs) or the drive is knackered.


Thanks for that James; envt has been a bit dusty of late (that's an
understatement - lots of building works) so that's quite possible.
It's been happening with several disks that I've tried so I suspect
the lens rather than the disks. Now I wonder if I can find my lens
cleaner...