Problem with driver door

Slush · 02-01-2006, 08:47 PM

Yesterday when I put a disk in the door doesn't say stay closed. It doesn't stay open either. It keeps opening and closing. WTF???????????????????????:mad:

firestorm · 02-01-2006, 09:21 PM

I take it your are talking about a DVD or CD drive? Make sure the connection is good.Will look into this, seems sorta weird.

**Lyte** · 02-01-2006, 09:58 PM

Have you dusted (canned air) the interior recently?? If yes, you may have losened something. If no, you might wanna clean it out.

How old is the CD/DVD driver?

Lyte

Slush · 02-02-2006, 02:43 PM

I clean it every couple months. It sits on my bookcase not the floor so it doesn't get very dirty inside. It's a 3 year old CDR. Has it lived it's life????????

**Lyte** · 02-02-2006, 03:21 PM

Howdy!

There are two ways of opening the cd/dvd/whatever door. One is with the little button at the front of the drive and the other is through my computer -> dvd/cd/whatever icon. Have you tried the latter??

Go to my computer, look down at the "Devices with Removable Storage" area and right click on the icon of the drive that's giving you trouble. One of the options is "Eject," hit that and see what happens. If it works properly from here then I'd say the button on the drive is either dead or dirty! :p Try some canned air and let us know what happens.

Lyte

Slush · 02-04-2006, 12:56 PM

Going through my computer works fine. Guess this means the button is dead or dirty. :p I'll see if cleaning it helps. Can I make a short cut through my computer?