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CD Drive Jammed/ Stuck

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by Dave932932, 2007/02/01.

  1. 2007/02/01
    Dave932932

    Dave932932 Inactive Thread Starter

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    When I press on the eject button the case, it gives a 'blocked' sound, it whirs a bit and stops, then the activity light blinks. The tray doesn't slide out. I've tried the paperclip & pinhole method, but it yields the same results. There is no disc inside. Even though I have another drive on this machine that can read CDs & DVDs, this is the only one that can write to CDs. Any suggestions?

    Update 1: Pinhole method allows me to pull out the drive manually (i.e. with two fingers) when all power is off.

    Update 2: The pinhole method seems to work when the computer is turned on and in Windows, but when I push the tray back in, it 'rejects' the cd and it slides back out.
     
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  2. 2007/02/02
    Steve R Jones

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    Sounds like it might be time to replace it...There is an electrical switch that controlls the door that seems to have died...
     
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  4. 2007/02/03
    TonyT

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    I recently fixed a drive for my daughter's boyfriend. Took out the drive, removed the 4 smalll screws at bottom and removed the front panel & case. The sliding tray is on a track and must be aligned properly. Manually move the "gear" and watch the tray slide, you'll see where is "messes up ". It is possible that the tray has a tiny knob that broke off, in which case replace the drive, else line up the tray correctly and retest. After 20 min of careful study and fooling I managed to fix the drive for him. It "broke" originally because someone had bumped the tray when it was slid out & they forced it back in the drive w/ a shove.
     
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