re: cd drawer will not open
Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dhm
(992 messages posted)
Look for a tiny hole in the front of the drive.
If there is one, straighten a paper clip and push it in. When it meets resistance,
keep pushing and the drive will open.
This is not like taking a screwdriver and using it as a chisel cum crowbar to get
something open. The CD drives were designed to be opened that way.
CD drives die of overheating. You may have to get a new one. There is a strange
superstition among us Americans that the CD drive must be the top one in the case
where heat cannot rise away from it. Skeptical people put the little used little
1.44MB floppy there in an adapter rack and put the CD drive below that. The floppy
does not run continuously so it won't overheat and heat can rise from the CD drive
around it.
On Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 3:35 pm, Ronald Kresh wrote:
>I have tried to open the cd door in several ways. I tried pushing the eject button
>on the player. I tried right clicking on the icon for this drive and clicking on
>eject. Nothing is opening that drawer. I even tried to open it in safe mode to no
>avail. I hear the motor as if it is trying to open but it will not open. I tried
>shutting the computer off and while restarting I hit the eject button and sometimes
>it actually opened but even this is not working now. Could someone please offer
some
>help here as I do not know what to do. Thank you.
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- cd drawer will not open (Ronald Kresh: Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 3:35 pm)
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