Can anyone help with opening my cdr drive port?

wolfbear
wolfbear Posts: 3,965
edited November 2007 in Technical Stuff and Help
I was trying to burn a cd and my cdr drive won't open. It seems to be the button that isn't working. How do I get it to open? I just used it an hour ago and it worked fine. Can I go into the guts and "push" it open or ?
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,870
    There should be a little small hole on the front of the burner. Try pusing a needle through it. It should open. If not, try restarting or shutting down the pc for a few minutes. Just a few ideas.
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    demetrios wrote:
    There should be a little small hole on the front of the burner. Try pusing a needle through it. It should open. If not, try restarting or shutting down the pc for a few minutes. Just a few ideas.
    Thank you so much. The needle didn't do it but the reboot did. I usually reboot for most things, this just didn't seem like that was the problem. :)
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,870
    Np. I had the same problem with my Panasanic burner year's back. I would burn like say 20 dvdrs back to back. Then it would lock up on me and wouldn't open. Tried slapping it, cursed names at it .. but nothing worked. lol. The needle thing worked. But later didn't accept the needle. So I just shut down the PC itself and worked perfectly. Later that night, I threw in like another 30 discs to burn that night. Teach the burner a less not to mess with me. Ha.

    Ok, woke up way to early this morning. Need a Tim's green tea ASAP.

    :)
  • Bangers_n_mash
    Bangers_n_mash Posts: 1,241
    I had exactly the same problem today but I've never had it before. I'd just burned a cd, just one. The drive opened itself upon completion of the burning and I pushed it back in to test the files. Then I couldn't open it again with the button or by selecting eject on the computer. So I restarted and it worked just as normal.
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    demetrios wrote:
    Np. I had the same problem with my Panasanic burner year's back. I would burn like say 20 dvdrs back to back. Then it would lock up on me and wouldn't open. Tried slapping it, cursed names at it .. but nothing worked. lol. The needle thing worked. But later didn't accept the needle. So I just shut down the PC itself and worked perfectly. Later that night, I threw in like another 30 discs to burn that night. Teach the burner a less not to mess with me. Ha.

    Ok, woke up way to early this morning. Need a Tim's green tea ASAP.

    :)
    Haha, I tried slapping and cursing too before I posted. :D Now I know to reboot for anything! Thanks again. :)
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Open my computer...

    Right click on CD drive...

    Choose "Eject"....
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    I did actually try that too and it didn't work. I guess it really just did need a good "boot". :D
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  • Ahnimus
    Ahnimus Posts: 10,560
    Inserting a thin object into the eject hole should always work.

    Basically all you are doing is pushing on a lever that mechanically ejects the tray. If that doesn't work, then your eject shouldn't work at all.

    However, if the object you are inserting isn't long enough, or is too weak, it will fail to move the lever and eject the tray.
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  • Lizardjam
    Lizardjam Posts: 1,121
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Inserting a thin object into the eject hole should always work.

    Basically all you are doing is pushing on a lever that mechanically ejects the tray. If that doesn't work, then your eject shouldn't work at all.

    However, if the object you are inserting isn't long enough, or is too weak, it will fail to move the lever and eject the tray.

    Paper clips always work.
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  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Inserting a thin object into the eject hole should always work.

    Basically all you are doing is pushing on a lever that mechanically ejects the tray. If that doesn't work, then your eject shouldn't work at all.

    However, if the object you are inserting isn't long enough, or is too weak, it will fail to move the lever and eject the tray.
    I did try a few things, but when it didn't open right away I just went with the reboot which did work. It did seem that it should work so I probably just wasn't using the right tool. :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."

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