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From: The Doctor on 7 Dec 2008 17:08 Hi all, I have an Omni DVDR528. When I powered it up, the drive door doesn't open. Also recognition by XP or Linux is intermitten. Any idea? Thanks in advance
From: Don McKenzie on 7 Dec 2008 19:14 The Doctor wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an Omni DVDR528. When I powered it up, the drive door doesn't open. > Also recognition by XP or Linux is intermitten. > > Any idea? > > Thanks in advance Power! Do you have a power lead as well as a data led plugged in? Don't use a hub for power. May not be wise to use one for data if it is marginal. Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email No More Damn Spam: http://www.wizard-of-oz.com http://www.dontronics-shop.com/super4-usb-relay-module.html
From: The Doctor on 12 Dec 2008 20:20 Don McKenzie <5V(a)2.5A> wrote in news:6q376mFagthhU1(a)mid.individual.net: > The Doctor wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I have an Omni DVDR528. When I powered it up, the drive door doesn't >> open. Also recognition by XP or Linux is intermitten. >> >> Any idea? >> >> Thanks in advance > > Power! > > Do you have a power lead as well as a data led plugged in? > Don't use a hub for power. May not be wise to use one for data if it > is marginal. > > Don... > > Thanks Don, I definitely have power. Otherwise, I wouldn't be seeing the LED lighting up. The connector is a bit funny though.
From: Don McKenzie on 14 Dec 2008 20:59 The Doctor wrote: > Don McKenzie <5V(a)2.5A> wrote in news:6q376mFagthhU1(a)mid.individual.net: > >> The Doctor wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have an Omni DVDR528. When I powered it up, the drive door doesn't >>> open. Also recognition by XP or Linux is intermitten. >>> >>> Any idea? >>> >>> Thanks in advance >> Power! >> >> Do you have a power lead as well as a data led plugged in? >> Don't use a hub for power. May not be wise to use one for data if it >> is marginal. >> >> Don... >> >> > > Thanks Don, I definitely have power. Otherwise, I wouldn't be seeing the > LED lighting up. The connector is a bit funny though. Power, and enough power are two different things. Do you have a power lead as well as a data led plugged in? Don't use a hub for power. May not be wise to use one for data if it is marginal. Don... -- Don McKenzie Site Map: http://www.dontronics.com/sitemap E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.dontronics.com/email No More Damn Spam: http://www.wizard-of-oz.com http://www.dontronics-shop.com/super4-usb-relay-module.html
From: steam3801 on 15 Dec 2008 03:28
On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:20:20 GMT, The Doctor <doctor(a)nospam.com> wrote: >Don McKenzie <5V(a)2.5A> wrote in news:6q376mFagthhU1(a)mid.individual.net: > >> The Doctor wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I have an Omni DVDR528. When I powered it up, the drive door doesn't >>> open. Also recognition by XP or Linux is intermitten. >>> >>> Any idea? >>> >>> Thanks in advance >> >> Power! >> >> Do you have a power lead as well as a data led plugged in? >> Don't use a hub for power. May not be wise to use one for data if it >> is marginal. >> >> Don... >> >> > >Thanks Don, I definitely have power. Otherwise, I wouldn't be seeing the >LED lighting up. The connector is a bit funny though. Not what was asked, and not answered. LED doesn't necessarily mean power to run, just simply power. What sort of connection? (.e.g. USB?) Does the device have separate power cords? (i.e. some ecterneal HDD have Y USB connectors - one for the bus connevtion, which may or may not supply enough power to connect AND transfer data. Something the other USB connection in the Y cable is required in another USB port to add more power). -- steam3801 Compuglobalhypermeganet Inc. |