[Cialug] barebones system

[Kendall Bailey]

I purchased a brand new "barebones" system with an Athlon 3000+ XP,
RAM and a CD drive.  Upon receipt I found that the CD drive was not
connected to power or the motherboard.  The cables were provided so I
plugged it in and intended to boot a knoppix disk as a first test.  I
could not get the CD drive to do anything.  No blinking, no eject,
nothing.  So I installed a 20GB drive which already has Ubuntu 5.04 on
it, and it booted OK from that.  Still nothing from the CD drive
though.  I've verified the power lead is live.  Anyone have a
suggestion on what to do?  The ribbon cable for the CD drive seemed to
fit into the motherboard in just one spot, so there's no choices
there... but I admit I have no docs on the board, drive, etc...  So
basically, if a CD drive has power, but does not blink and won't eject
the tray, is it certifiably DOA?  Time to call the vendor?

Thanks,
Kendall