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on Wednesday 06/25/2008 Uwe Thiem(uwix@××××.na) wrote |
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> On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Yoav Luft wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > I posted a similar e-mail a couple of weeks ago and got no |
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> > response. I wish not to spam the mailing list, only for maybe a |
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> > better luck this time. My CD ROM drive had stopped playing audio |
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> > CD's. It still works fine, data CD's work alright and various |
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> > programs manage to gather useful information about the audio CD's |
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> > tracks, but I hear nothing. I checked all controls in alsamixer to |
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> > be unmuted and at reasonable volume, but it's not it. I can't rip |
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> > the CD's neither. Any ideas what might be wrong? |
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> |
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> This looks like the two-wire cable between the CD ROM and your |
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> soundcard is missing or loose. I'd check this first. If this is a |
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> laptop, it might well be that the connection between the two |
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> subsystems was left out intentionally by the manufacturer to save a |
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> couple of cents. Some do that. :-( |
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> |
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I am having the same problem -- but additionally my CDROM has no |
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place to even put such a cable -- at least according to the person who |
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actually put the machine together. |
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I have not opened up the box to check, but if so, what can I do to |
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play cds? |
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Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: |
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How do |
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you spend it? |
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John Covici |
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covici@××××××××××.com |
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