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    5920 CD/ DVD Drive Question

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by lineS of flight, Oct 15, 2008.

  1. lineS of flight

    lineS of flight Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hi all...

    I have a 5920 with XP SP3 on it. I was trying to burn some CDs the other day and all went well. At the end I put in a CD to see what was in its and when done I tried to eject it and the drive bay would not open - I tried it ejecting it from Explorer and by pressing the button. It would not open. So I had to use a pin to eject it. What is the problem? Can this be fixed? I don't use the drive very often but its kind of annoying that I have to stick things into things to open things - don't read this in any other way than in the context above please!

    Thanks
     
    lineS of flight, Oct 15, 2008
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    Deks Notebook Prophet

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    Have you tried resetting the OS and then try opening the dvd drive through it's button?
     
    Deks, Oct 15, 2008
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    lineS of flight Notebook Virtuoso

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    WHat do you mean by resetting the OS? Do you mean reinstalling? No I have not...its seems quite a drastic thing to do doesn't it?
     
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    RESOLVED:

    My machine was on for over a week - no shut down; no hibernation; no sleep etc. However, after I read Deks' suggestion, I did shut the machine down and restarted and the drive bay works again.

    I have no idea how and why it happened in the first place (the drive bay not opening) and I have no idea how and why it began working after shutting down and restarting.

    I am guessing, therefore, that what Deks suggested above - "have you tried resetting the OS..." - worked where 'resetting' I would take to mean restarting.

    Thanks Deks. Your suggestion helped.
     
    lineS of flight, Oct 16, 2008
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