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zeratul is currently offline  zeratul
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My computer wont eject my disk i restarted it and it still wont does anyone know what to do?

Re: Comp issues [message #373265 is a reply to message #373262] Mon, 23 February 2009 20:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Does it light up as if its on?
Re: Comp issues [message #373267 is a reply to message #373262] Mon, 23 February 2009 20:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Check your (IDE? I can't remember the name) cables inside and make sure the connection between the cd drive and the motherboard are secure.
Re: Comp issues [message #373269 is a reply to message #373262] Mon, 23 February 2009 20:52 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If you need a CD out of the drive badly to open it find a paperclip(unbend it so it's long) and look for a hole on the Drive and stick it in there and presto it should open, if you want to get it working check what Zack said.

@Zack I think the other thing you were looking for is SATA Wink


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Re: Comp issues [message #373271 is a reply to message #373262] Mon, 23 February 2009 20:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Do the SATA or IDE cable even need to be plugged in though? I haven't tried it, but I'm pretty sure the drive only needs power to open and close. The cable is just for transmitting the data from the disk to the system or vice versa.

The paperclip idea is your best bet, but if all cables are secure, the drive or ejecting mechanism has gone bad, which means you'll need a new one.


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Re: Comp issues [message #373276 is a reply to message #373262] Mon, 23 February 2009 21:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Yea to open/close it it doesn't need the IDE or SATA cable to be plugged in it just needs power.

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Re: Comp issues [message #373277 is a reply to message #373262] Mon, 23 February 2009 21:28 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Get a pin and push the emergency button, it's a very small hole at the front.

Re: Comp issues [message #373279 is a reply to message #373262] Mon, 23 February 2009 21:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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My drives began acting up a while back. Randomly i had no problems, othertimes it would act as if it was trying to open (you'd hear it budge) however it would just stop. I think for my situation is has to do something with the little motors/wheels ( I have no clue how it works TBH ) in terms of it ejected. There is either dust, something causing it to stick, or its just hardware failing.

So i use a pocket knife to play around in between the tray and it usually acts as the initial budge to get it to move out like normal. When i close it i press the button and all is normal.


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Re: Comp issues [message #373285 is a reply to message #373277] Tue, 24 February 2009 00:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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IronWarrior wrote on Mon, 23 February 2009 20:28

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Get a pin and push the emergency button, it's a very small hole at the front.



I never noticed that till just now...wow
Re: Comp issues [message #373323 is a reply to message #373262] Tue, 24 February 2009 07:49 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Also, I just realized something. How do you close your CD drive when you could open/close it when you wanted? Do you actually push the drive close or use the little button to close the drive?

When I took my computer into my boss to see if I could get the harddrive reformatted, it turned out my primary CD drive had failed and I couldn't reformat. One cause of it to fail and not open so I could get the disk out was because I was pushing on the drive to close it which wore out the gears/motors inside that open the drive.
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Zack wrote on Tue, 24 February 2009 14:49

Also, I just realized something. How do you close your CD drive when you could open/close it when you wanted? Do you actually push the drive close or use the little button to close the drive?

When I took my computer into my boss to see if I could get the harddrive reformatted, it turned out my primary CD drive had failed and I couldn't reformat. One cause of it to fail and not open so I could get the disk out was because I was pushing on the drive to close it which wore out the gears/motors inside that open the drive.


Oh heck! I do that! Sad


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Re: Comp issues [message #373389 is a reply to message #373347] Tue, 24 February 2009 18:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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CarrierII wrote on Tue, 24 February 2009 10:43

Zack wrote on Tue, 24 February 2009 14:49

Also, I just realized something. How do you close your CD drive when you could open/close it when you wanted? Do you actually push the drive close or use the little button to close the drive?

When I took my computer into my boss to see if I could get the harddrive reformatted, it turned out my primary CD drive had failed and I couldn't reformat. One cause of it to fail and not open so I could get the disk out was because I was pushing on the drive to close it which wore out the gears/motors inside that open the drive.


Oh heck! I do that! Sad


Yea, I didn't realize it was bad for the cd drive until my boss said something to me. lol :/
Re: Comp issues [message #373900 is a reply to message #373262] Sat, 28 February 2009 02:03 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I have always known it's bad for them, but it's much quicker to do (especially when the tower is on the floor and to get to the button you have to actually reach around the disk tray), and they are fairly cheap to replace anyway. So I just give em a shove to close them Razz Been doing it with my disk drives for as long as I can remember, and have yet to have one actually break because of it. Maybe I just got lucky so far...

Also, if you do push them to close them, don't push it all the way, just pushing it little bit usually triggers the motor to pull it in for you.


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Re: Comp issues [message #373950 is a reply to message #373262] Sat, 28 February 2009 10:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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What Dan added at the base of his post is what I do.


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Re: Comp issues [message #375069 is a reply to message #373950] Thu, 05 March 2009 19:14 Go to previous message
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Its all good it locked or some crap becuase it kept crashing got new comp and cd out now so Thumbs Up

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