PLEASE HELP ME WITH MY CD ROM PROBLEM!!!

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Okay..i have had my HP computer for over 4 years now and about 1 month
ago my CD ROM started giving me problems. When i put a CD in the
tray, it doesn't read the disc and the red light stays on therefore
not re-opening. I have to restart my computer and open the tray to
get the disc then when i close the tray...the red light stays on and
will not open. Does ANYONE have any suggestions about how i can open
this tray? PLEASE respond!! PLEASE!!!

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Doe geen moeite, voor nog geen 20 Euro heb je een nieuwe ...

http://www.ipcs.be/product_info.ph [...] ucts_id=64

Steven
"Dave C." <mdupre@sff.net> wrote in message
news:2j1ecoFspfd4U1@uni-berlin.de...
>
> "IJustHaveOneProblem" <tycov@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote in
> message news:40cb6ff4$1_3@news.athenanews.com...
> > Okay..i have had my HP computer for over 4 years now and about 1 month
> > ago my CD ROM started giving me problems. When i put a CD in the
> > tray, it doesn't read the disc and the red light stays on therefore
> > not re-opening. I have to restart my computer and open the tray to
> > get the disc then when i close the tray...the red light stays on and
> > will not open. Does ANYONE have any suggestions about how i can open
> > this tray? PLEASE respond!! PLEASE!!!
>
> On many CD-Rom drives, there is an emergency eject button. Look at the
> front of the CD-Rom drive. There might be a teeny tiny hole that you can
> stick the end of a unfolded paperclip or something similar into. Of
course,
> once you get the disc out, you still have a problem. Basically, you need
a
> new CD-Rom drive. -Dave
>
>

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I can't help but wonder what may have happened to the OP's machine about a
month ago when he claims to have noticed this issue begin....

Was there a firmware flash etc? comes to mind.

This "parrot" may be merely pining or sleeping....

Regards, Bob "hopelessly insane machine warrior" Troll

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In article <40cb6ff4$1_3@news.athenanews.com>,
IJustHaveOneProblem <tycov@hotmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid> wrote:
>Okay..i have had my HP computer for over 4 years now and about 1 month
>ago my CD ROM started giving me problems. When i put a CD in the
>tray, it doesn't read the disc and the red light stays on therefore
>not re-opening. I have to restart my computer and open the tray to
>get the disc then when i close the tray...the red light stays on and
>will not open. Does ANYONE have any suggestions about how i can open
>this tray? PLEASE respond!! PLEASE!!!
>


There should be a tiny hole on the front panel of the CD
drive. Straighten out a paperclip and poke it in th hole.


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