DVD drive Dead?

Hello all,

I have a Sunblade 1000 that came with no DVD drive. I found a drive on eBay, model 390-0025. I installed it, however it doesn't seem to be getting any power. I see no lights during boot, and nothing happens when I press the eject button. The system came with a smart card reader also, and I don't see any lights for that either during boot, but I'm not sure I should.

My hardware knowledge with Sun equipment is pretty limited, but it would seem that even if the SCSI id was incorrect or I had some other configuration problem the tray should open.

Just looking for things I can check before telling the seller that the drive is DOA.

thanks!

[687 byte] By [ITfoola] at [2007-11-27 1:47:43]
# 1

The removable media bay has a pass-through power cord that attaches to the systemboard.

Perhaps that connection has been accidentally unplugged from the systemboard.

Even though that's a SCSI DVD-ROM drive,

is has a familiar 4-pin Molex connector for power.

Test the optical drive in your PC.

Connect a power plug to it and boot the PC.

Even without an attached data cable,

it should react to a probe of power during the PC's POST.

rukbata at 2007-7-12 1:10:49 > top of Java-index,Sun Hardware,Workstations - General Discussion...
# 2
Good idea. I plugged it into my pc and it is in fact dead. Thanks for the help.
ITfoola at 2007-7-12 1:10:50 > top of Java-index,Sun Hardware,Workstations - General Discussion...