Ubuntu 8.04 CD emits smoke from DVD drive
Bug #257323 reported by
Colinjw
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| Ubuntu |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Yesterday I received the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS CD in the mail. Last evening I was running Windows XP on my Gateway laptop and inserted the Ubuntu CD to try later. I continued to browse & do some emails in windows. After about 15 minutes I smelt something burning & then saw smoke coming from from DVD drive. A message about rebooting appeared on the screen just before the computer turned itself off.
I was able to get the Ubuntu CD out & it does not show any damage. After waiting for about an hour I tried my laptop and it seems to be running fine & nothing is burning or smelling. This has never happened before so I am assuming that somehow the Ubuntu CD caused the laser in the drive to get something very hot.
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| Chris Coulson (chrisccoulson) wrote | #1 |
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Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help make Ubuntu better. However, this isn't a software bug in Ubuntu, so I'm closing it. Smoke from a CD drive indicates either a failing drive, or a faulty CD (in which case, you should speak to the distributor of the CD).
Thanks