DVD Drives that wont open

TrufflesG

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Any of you guys deal with DVD drives that refuse to open? I seem to have a number of them that do this. Seems if I take the handle of a screwdriver and rap on the door immediately after pushing the button it usually will open after hitting it a few times. Otherwise it works fine. Anyone know if alignment could be the issue?

The little eject hole does nothing.

Haven't quite figured out exactly what the issue is yet.
 
Sometimes broken mechanism will work like that. Its simple plastic. Try removing the button and pressing the switch with paperclip. Might be just a matter of worn out plastic. if not then its either switch and you can pry it open with paperclip from manual open hole.
 

TrufflesG

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When it's stuck, the pin hole emergency open hole doesn't work.
The ONLY thing that gets it open is rapping on the door sharply with the handle of a screwdriver for example.

It's a matter of something "hanging" or getting caught on a sharp edge......as would happen from an alignment problem.
I'll probably open it and diagnose the problem. Probably simple enough to correct.