Monty
Sun Aug 03 14:11:22 CDT 2003
"janis" <nospam@hotmail.com> had the fingers to type in message
news:033b01c3596b$360250c0$a301280a@phx.gbl:
> Now I am absolutely dumb sometimes. I pushed in the little
> orange light cover!!! { Please don't laugh at my stupidty}
> No major problem though. I got it to open now anyway, in
> msconfig I had adaptec unchecked therefore makes it so the
> door won't eject in this situation I guess. I checked the
> adaptec box & I then opened it with no problem.
> Thanks, janisD
>
I won't laugh. On my CD-Writer, I have to pull back the drive swivel door
to access the pinhole.
Glad to see you got it open.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>"janis" <nospam@hotmail.com> had the fingers to type in
> message
>>news:031d01c35954$cec57d80$a101280a@phx.gbl:
>>
>>> Well tried pushing in on the little hole & didn't work
> all
>>> I did was push the little hole cover right into the
> tower.
>>> Hope it's not anything important. Looks like I'll have
> to
>>> take it in to somebody to get it open.
>>> Thanks, janisD
>>
>>What hole cover did you push into the tower? If there is
> no way you can
>>open the drive, even if the computer is in DOS mode or
> BIOS setup mode, or
>>before Windows starts, then there is a chance your CD
> drive door is
>>physically stuck. That would also explain it not opening
> when you pushed
>>something into the hole. If that's really the problem,
> the drive may need
>>repair or replacement (luckily they're not expensive).
> Or, you could try
>>a crowbar ;-)
>>
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>Have you tried actually turning the computer off rather
>>> than just
>>>>restarting?
>>>>
>>>>If that's no good, there's usually a little hole
> beneath
>>> the tray for
>>>>opening it manually. You push something appropriately
>>> strong and thin in and
>>>>when you feel resistance, push a little harder until
> the
>>> tray opens.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Shane
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"janis" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:077c01c358cc$f48a1a90$a101280a@phx.gbl...
>>>>> This just isn't my day! I was burning some jpeg files
>>> to a
>>>>> CD, put a CD in the drive & clicked on create CD, I
> got
>>> a
>>>>> message asking for a CD with enough room etc. or
>>> something
>>>>> to that effect, so instead of putting a different CD
> in
>>> I
>>>>> went ahead & clicked on re-try. Didn't think it was
>>>>> downloading so I clicked on cancel. Now the CD tray
> will
>>>>> not open. I re-booted & no luck. I don't know what
> else
>>> to
>>>>> do so can someone please help?
>>>>> I have Adaptec Easy Creator 4, HP, Windows ME. Is more
>>>>> info required? If so let me know, please....
>>>>> Thanks, JanisD
>>>>
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