[sclug] CD Drive

[Alex Butcher]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Neil Haughton wrote:

> Asunder seems to be working well now. I guess it must have been (a) the DVD
> drive won't work with CDs for some reason and

My understanding is that CDs and DVDs require laser light of different
wavelengths in order to read and write. So that would be predictable
behaviour if the CD diode has failed, but the DVD diode is still working.

> Neil.

HTH,
Alex