| | Ann on July 14, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed?
Hi.. Please help me also. DVD drive on my computer(Packard Bell & Win XP) opens immediately after inserting a disk into the drive. It stay closed when there is no disk inside. |
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| | Dave99 on July 15, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
Hi - I stumbled on a solution for our cd-rom tray that would not stay shut. I pushed it in, rather quickly and all the way, with my hand -- rather than just nudging it or pushing the button. The motor does not seem to take it in all the way by itself. When it push it in with a bit of force, it stays shut and works. |
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| | Lex on July 26, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
Yeah my HP Pavilion dv6500 has just started having this problem.
I play The Sims a lot and today whenever I put the game in the CD drive makes horrible whirring noises and grindy-clicky noises every 30-seconds or so, continuously. Even when I close the game it will continue to do this until I just take the CD out.
After that, whenever I try to close the tray while it's empty, it keeps clicking open again.
Now I just put a DVD in there and it will stay shut without grinding noises, but it doesn't seem to register that I even have a disc in there. |
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| | Bev on August 1, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
Heather (around 11/08) finally gave me the clue to solve my problem. It was same as others, my E drive drawer on HP computer would not stay closed. I also didn't know what a bezel was and from her post, I realized it was the front cover for the tower. I pushed it from the side several times -- just kind of blindly trying to make sure the sides were straight and then tried to close the drawer again and still wouldn't stay closed but when it popped back open, there was a present! A folded up rubber piece about a half inch thick with a hole in it -- it is about the size and shape of the middle area of a CD/DVD. I pulled it out (wondering if it was important) and everything works fine now!! |
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| | newbie on September 26, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
i just windows 7 and it works but when i put acd in the drive it reads it then when i open it the tray opens it is a asus drive please help me |
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| | Momma Daisy on October 12, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed?
Go to Desk Top, Right click on My Computer...click on Properties....Click on Hardware devise Manager....Click on DVD/CD ROM DRIVERS.....Click on "Scan for Hardware changes." It will automatically close.
Now....You may not be able to manually open it once this is done; SO..... Repeat the above steps again, and should be fixed.
Please email me, and Let me know if this works for you!
advocatedaisy67@yahoo.com |
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| | iostream1 on November 15, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
I had this problem. All I did was insert a disc, quickly keep hold of the eject button before it comes out. Keep hold of it for about 8 seconds and it will then read the disc. It was fixed from there. |
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| | Arvind on December 5, 2009 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
You won't believe this guys... but try it and it always works.
Sit facing the EAST and proceed with the following steps:
1. left hand near the danger spot and right thumb on the CD tray
2. Deep breath
3. Start scratching furiously and at the same time press the CD tray button.
4. The drive will go in and eject again.
5. Do this 108 times... but don't forget to keep scratching.
If this does not get you anywhere, re-install the IDE VIA drivers in the "Device Manager" of your Administrative Tools from the Control Panel. |
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| | Ben on January 6, 2010 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
I found that the bezel was stopping the tray from closing all the way. Took it off and i stays closed. I have not yet put it back on. |
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| | Gerry on February 5, 2010 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try Paperclip Engineering
I have a HP Pavillion that liked to keep the cd/dvd open 24/7.
I tried a couple of the solutions posted on here, but what worked for me
was holding the tray closed, then pushing a paperclip into the emergency
eject hole - goes in for about an inch - and then poking around until I
felt a gentle 'click'.
The drive is now ready for action! |
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| | Sue on August 8, 2010 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed?
After reading all these replies, I went to the Device Manager, highlighted the DVD/CD-ROM Device, click Action (or right click) and Disable. I then closed it manually, made sure it would stay closed (didn't try to read it or anything) and clicked Enable. It has stayed closed for the last few minutes. Now, my laptop will actually go to sleep and stop getting super hot! |
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| | PJ on January 11, 2011 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
Temporary measure to use CD Drive; Put in CD, press open/close button
and HOLD while pushing in CD, keep finger on button until green light
flickers on & off, then remove. Cd is now being read. This process may
be necessary each read but only takes a few seconds........... |
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| | Justin on January 29, 2011 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
Well I've tried everything, it seems that something is preventing it from getting completely closed. Either the front casing or the motor is not pulling it completely close. My SOLUTION: tell it to close and give it quite a quick push in, it will close a bit hard, but it will close and read a disc and not open. So if all else fails, try pushing it in fast, after it's closed itself about half the way, don't push it from the very start, but halfway closed as you might break it pushing it from completely open. i find pressing the close button, or giving it a slight push to make it auto close then pushing it a bit hard at 50% closed made it stay close. Only downside is that you must do this after opening it each time. |
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| | you know on June 20, 2011 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
just keep closing it until it works |
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| | Shane on September 10, 2011 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
Lex 09/26/2009 I also have a dv6000, mine sits slightly out of alignment with the rest of the edge, so the bezel is not quite flush. I have tried holding it in, taking it out and putting it back in slowly, I have checked device manage which says the "the device is working properly", I have tried both with and without discs, There is nothing obscuring or blocking the drive, but it still does nothing. I got this drive from hp as a replacement for another dvd drive that would not read discs properly. I don't want to get another drive but I think I may have to. If anyone has a sensible solution to said problem I would greatly appreciate it, because it sucks! Also it is a lightscribe drive. That piece of technology will go down in history well. |
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| | Shane on September 10, 2011 | RE: CD Drive won't stay closed? Try pushing it in all the way manually
Lex 09/26/2009 I also have a dv6000, mine sits slightly out of alignment with the rest of the edge, so the bezel is not quite flush. I have tried holding it in, taking it out and putting it back in slowly, I have checked device manage which says the "the device is working properly", I have tried both with and without discs, There is nothing obscuring or blocking the drive, but it still does nothing. I got this drive from hp as a replacement for another dvd drive that would not read discs properly. I don't want to get another drive but I think I may have to. If anyone has a sensible solution to said problem I would greatly appreciate it, because it sucks! Also it is a lightscribe drive. That piece of technology will go down in history well. |
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