CD-R drive not opening
 

Hey, the title is pretty self explanatory. My cd-r drive is not opening. I push the button and it not responding, no light or anything. I called Gateway, yes i know i was desperate, and they said it was a driver problem. So here I am. I dont think he knew what the hell he was talking about so Im here to find out. Is there anyway to diagnose the problem. I heard it also might be power connection problem or a motor problem with the drive. Also there is no hole to put a paperclip in so that idea is out the window. Thanks for any help.

PS. Im a poor college student so if I could avoid buying a new drive that would be great.

Take care.

When you boot up your computer, can you get in the BIOS? in there, you should see a list of drives (hard drive and cd/dvd/a:). if your cd-r drive is in the list, then it's a problem in windows i would think. if it's not there, then you have a problem. open the computer (side panels) and check if the power cables and flat-gray cables(IDE) are correctly plugged in. also, check what your power supply is. 250? 300? 350? it's possible you're not getting enough power to the drive.

If you have a 2nd computer that's working, i suggest taking the defective drive and trying it in the 2nd computer to test it out. that way you'll be sure.

good luck with your problem!

sometimes it works if I open up the Windows Explorer, and right click on the drive, then select eject.

See your other thread about the same problem:

http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/showthread.php?t=112627

while inside of bios, try the button, if it still doesn't work, its not a driver problem.

Sounds borked to me-Just go and spend $30 on a new one/or find a corporate dumpster (pref a big offices complex) and raid it for pcs,they chuck out stuff like its nobodies business !

does it open while the computer boots?


also... does it read CD's? if soo... just get a paper clip and stick it in the little hole to manually eject