DVD-ROM Door Not Opening

[mtrevelino]

Thanks joegib. I may give it a try. If it is only one paper clip that I have to use, I will see what happens. I haven't had my hair standing straight up in a while. If worst comes to worst, I will just lay the dvd player on the floor next to the pc and operate on it. I will first try dis-connecting the data cable as experi-mentor said and see if the tray will open. The more that I think about it, I think that I bumped the drive while it was open and may have cocked something. I am still hoping that the opening drive gear is one tooth off.
Thanks for all the advice!
Mike....

[mtrevelino]

Good news, bad news. I was able to take the dvd apart and power it on the bench. I first tried to disconnect the data cable, power on the pc, and it still did not work. I managed to get it to work correctly on the bench. When I re-installed the dvd, my pc did not see it at all, but the door kept on opening, it would not stay closed, I do not know what happened. So after two hours, I purchased a new dvd drive, installed it, and it works.
Thanks for everyone's input.
Mike.....

[Experi-Mentor]

drives can be temperamental when at a faulty stage.
sorry you had to go & purchase another one. was kinda hopin' that i/we could resolve your problem without you having to fork-out $$

but, your up 'n' runnunig again & that's the main thing

cheers.

[cynthia]

Don't forget to use the close/open button...

[sfheath]

Hi folks, thanks for the info Mentor and Joegib .. should be most useful
Mtrevelino, sorry to hear you had to pay out but Mentor is right; once they go goofy they can be a real pain. I have drives here that suddenly stopped reading CD-R, one that reads a directory but not inside a folder and at least six that need the tray pulling .. sheesh!

[Experi-Mentor]

## sheesh ##
so very conservatively phrased (lmao)