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Grab an optical drive.
Is it older than 2002?
Recycle the drive
Yes
What type of drive
is it?
CD-RW
DVD/CD-RW
DVD-R
DVD-RW
Set jumpers to 'Master'.
Plug in power and IDE
or SATA
Test for DVD
playback.Does
it pass?
Test for DVD
playback.Does
it pass?
Test for DVD
playback.Does
it pass?
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Test CD-RW
writing. Does
it pass?
Label the drive
as OK.
Test CD-RW
writing. Does
it pass?
Test DVD-RW
writing. Does
it pass?
Test DVD-R
writing. Does
it pass?
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
CD
Test audio CD
playback. Does
it pass?
Test audio CD
playback. Does
it pass?
No
Yes
Yes
Label the
drive as OK.