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CD drive ejecting automatically
Name: Miks Date: March 22, 2004 at 11:23:49 Pacific OS: RedHat Linux 7.3 CPU/Ram: Intel Celeron 700/ 256 MB
Comment:
Till now my CD-ROM drive was working fine. But since a past few days I am facing this problem.
The CD drive keeps on ejecting automatically. It keeps going in and out as soon as the computer is powered on. I had to disable it.
Can anyone plz. suggest what could be the problem.
Name: najitech Date: March 22, 2004 at 11:28:09 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like a microswitch inside the drive has gone bad. That's why it keeps ejecting on its own. Probably time to buy a replacement CD drive.
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Response Number 2
Name: Boondock_Saint Date: March 22, 2004 at 11:35:17 Pacific
Reply:
Daniel is right....I had the same problem about a year ago..if its still under warranty you can get a new one free, if not, its time to break out the wallet
Boondock_Saint sends
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Response Number 3
Name: wizard-fred Date: March 22, 2004 at 17:55:01 Pacific
Reply:
Another possibility is the drawer does not completely close, so the microswitch doesn't open. I worked on a drive that did this. Had a piece of paper (dollar bill) jammed in drive. However it may not be worth the effort to disassemble the drive. Buy a new one.
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