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When you say verified how did you verify a live disk? Linux sometimes needs some specific setting something like acpi ( totally can't remember what those settings are)

I played several DVDs on it, a few minutes each.

After installing?

No, before, like I said

OK so you verified it how? In windows? On a Linux live disk?

I said...

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OK sorry I didnt quite understand where you were

Did you try using a different live boot of Linux or I'm not sure if its possible on windows but a external install of windows to see it works on those?

Big Barry Bitcoin 7mo ago

Check internally if the connection is loose or disconnected?

It is not a very common thing to happen, but neither is a basic CD ROM driver not discovering your hardware.

Often times we have issues with closed source hardware like webcams and fingerprint sensors, not CD ROM drives.

Does it show up when you do lsblk?

Nope.

😅 it's a mysterious problem indeed... Personally I would be checking random bios settings, sata and power cables and ports (if applicable)

I don't trust myself with cables and ports lol

You should, idiots do it all the time with no reason to trust themselves

But do check the bios when the computer boots up, see if the cdrom drive is detected before the OS starts.

It's not my computer though

NostrNaught 7mo ago

Oh you already crossed that border with your linux evangelism! 😂 jk. i always have multiple live CD/DVD distributions to fall back on. not every device has linux drivers. i wish ventoy had an extension to burn isos to disk for those non/UEFI distros/machines...

does the optical drive show up in the bios?

Haven't been able to check yet. I'm in the middle of baking

Shawn 7mo ago

I run Arch btw, so no horse in this race, but Ubuntu device driver support seems the best out of the box. Give it a try?

That's another place I checked but not thoroughly (just forums). TY

Golbez9🔩🤘 7mo ago

Mint runs an old Kernal and drivers so odds are there is no support for a brand new PC in Mint. Try Fedora, more up to date

jared 7mo ago

I liked Linux Mint Debian Edition but now prefer Fedora more as a stable, performant, and up-to-date system.

The biggest thing that was better on LMDE was ufw for the host firewall management.