 Cd Drive Will Not Open |
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 Dec 30 2007, 07:16 PM
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Dec 30 2007, 09:21 PM
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 Senior Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 523 Joined: 15-July 06 From: In the middle of Kansas Member No.: 76,380 |
Turn the system off.
take a large paperclip and straighten it out as best you can There is a small hole on the cd drive somewhere. Thats the emergancy eject. Insert the tool slowly then you find resistance and then push. That will open the tray Maybe it is just stuck |
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 Dec 31 2007, 03:10 AM
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If after pushing the emergency eject button and then the actuall eject button doesnt work, then its best to get a new DVD drive and not bother with repairing it. DVD drives are fairly cheap these days, so thats the best way to go.
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Jan 1 2008, 11:26 AM
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I used the emergency eject, and the drive opened. However, it was only functional (as in eject button worked properly) before I booted into an OS. I suppose I could get a new Disk Drive, but I want to try the options I have before having to spend money.
This post has been edited by DEC_42: Jan 1 2008, 11:29 AM |
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Jan 1 2008, 07:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: BC Advisor Posts: 523 Joined: 15-July 06 From: In the middle of Kansas Member No.: 76,380 |
If it is a mechanical failure there are no other options
Its a cheap part. About 40 bucks or so Personally I would replace it |
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Apr 3 2008, 08:23 PM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 30-December 07 Member No.: 179,991 |
Sorry for bumping, but I forgot to add that this was after I reformatted the disk drive. If it's a software/BIOS/mobo problem, getting a new DVD drive would be pointless.
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