eBay. I am sure you can find a replacement there for $20 or so. On Aug 25, 2011, at 5:31 AM, Jason Hsu wrote: > I believe that the CD-ROM/burner/DVD player of my 5-year-old Dell Inspiron B120 laptop is dying. The CD burner function stopped working over a year ago, and the CD reading function seems to be dying as well. I'll have to do some more troubleshooting to fully confirm that the CD-ROM is the problem and not something else (like the CD), but the evidence so far is pointing in this direction. > > First of all, what last-ditch efforts can I make to save the CD-ROM? > > Second of all, which specific internal laptop CD/DVD burners do you recommend? I don't seem to have very good luck with CD burners, as I had an HP CD burner also die out after only a few years. How do I know what internal laptop burners are compatible with my particular laptop? Are there any internal laptop burners that are incompatible with Linux? What else should I look for? > > -- > Jason Hsu > Founder and lead developer of Swift Linux (http://www.swiftlinux.org) > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list