CD & DVD will not swallow disks

[pt]

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Neither of my two drives will take in any CD or disc. They both just eject
the tray after a few seconds of activity, without reading anything (so far as
I can tell).

Has anyone any idea why they might be behaving like this?

 

[Jim]

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"PT" <PT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Neither of my two drives will take in any CD or disc. They both just
eject
> the tray after a few seconds of activity, without reading anything (so far
as
> I can tell).
>
> Has anyone any idea why they might be behaving like this?
Hardware problem seems the most likely cause.
Jim

 

[pt]

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"Jim" wrote:

>
> "PT" <PT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:138BD9CE-962A-40E5-B47A-D45708155B7F@microsoft.com...
> > Neither of my two drives will take in any CD or disc. They both just
> eject
> > the tray after a few seconds of activity, without reading anything (so far
> as
> > I can tell).
> >
> > Has anyone any idea why they might be behaving like this?
> Hardware problem seems the most likely cause.
> Jim
>
>
> Seems v strange that both drives should do the exact same behaviour unless its a software cause ? Tried re-installing the 2dy IDE controller - same problem. If it is hardware, what might it be?

 

[None]

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Try uninstalling the secondary ide controller and let windows find it again.

"PT" <PT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:138BD9CE-962A-40E5-B47A-D45708155B7F@microsoft.com...
> Neither of my two drives will take in any CD or disc. They both just
> eject
> the tray after a few seconds of activity, without reading anything (so far
> as
> I can tell).
>
> Has anyone any idea why they might be behaving like this?

 

[pt]

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Tried that none. See above. I suspect a registry cause as they are
different manfacturers drives - 1 Liteon 1 Mitsubishi. The system seems to
be recognising the drives as the cursor changes to a CD very breifly after
one is put in, but then the tray spits it out again after a few seconds.
Happens regardless of type of CD (audio, data etc.)

"none" wrote:

> Try uninstalling the secondary ide controller and let windows find it again.
>
> "PT" <PT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:138BD9CE-962A-40E5-B47A-D45708155B7F@microsoft.com...
> > Neither of my two drives will take in any CD or disc. They both just
> > eject
> > the tray after a few seconds of activity, without reading anything (so far
> > as
> > I can tell).
> >
> > Has anyone any idea why they might be behaving like this?
>
>
>