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More info?)
"Peter" <0spam0 AT rogers DOT com> wrote in message
news:O81LthGlEHA.3392@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> It may just be a sticky mechanism. Have you tried the mechanical
> way...sticking a pin in the small hole just below the drawer?
>
> --
> Peter.
> Toronto, Canada.
> Windows XP Home SP2.
> Pentium 4 Dual HT @ 3.0ghz, 160gb HD, 1gb DDR.
> "Gwen" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6f1b01c49464$b931ddf0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>Gwen wrote:
> >>> I downloaded SP2 and immediately after, my cd burner
> >>> drive door will not open..... not sure if there is a
> >>> correlation but seems to be more than a coincidence.
> >>> Any suggestions??
> >>
> >>Ben781 wrote:
> >>> Can you open it from My Computer?
> >>> Open My Computer right click on the drive the click
> > eject.
> >>
> >>Even more telling, can you open it before Windows loads?
> >>
> >>Reboot your PC.. As soon as Windows goes away and you
> > see the system begin
> >>its warm up (before Windows XP starts to load or even
> > during the load) -
> >>PRESS the eject butoon on your CD Drive - does it eject?
> >>
> >>If you know how to get into the system BIOS before the
> > Windows Boot, do this
> >>and try to eject it while in there - that way the OS has
> > nothing to do with
> >>your hardware controls at this point.
> >>
> >>--
> >><- Shenan ->
> >>--
> >>The information is provided "as is", it is suggested you
> > research for
> >>yourself before you take any advice - you are the one
> > ultimately
> >>responsible for your actions/problems/solutions. Know
> > what you are
> >>getting into before you jump in with both feet.
> >>
> >>
> >>.
> >>Thanks for the reply. It opened once today and now
> > won't open again. Also, the D and E drive are not under
> > My Computer. Only C and A. So windows isn't recognizing
> > them I guess. I keep looking in the KB for an answer but
> > didn't find one yet.
>
This is getting too weird.
Although it hasn't happened here (SP1A),
it HAS happened to approx. 3 other users
on this NG this week.
Something may be going on re: SP2 and optical drives...
Try booting from your floppy (just put in a blank
disk, power on the machine, and wait until you get
the "No operating system..." bitching - you may need
to go into your BIOS and change the boot order to floppy, then
C
. Then try to eject the tray.
Let us know what ahppens.
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