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    Aspire 5100 CD/DVD not working

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mummer43, Jun 1, 2009.

  1. mummer43

    mummer43 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I just inserted a CD that I wanted to rip and nothing happened. When I went to my computer, there wasn't even a CD/DVD there. There is also not a CD/DVD installed in device manager. It had worked in the past, and no changes have been made to the computer. I am running Vista.
     
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    techiediva Notebook Consultant

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    turn the unit off. with the lid opened and the unit on a hard flat surface press down firmly with the palm of your hand just to the left of the touchpad. not so much as to break plastic, but a nice firm press

    without moving or relocating the unit power it back on and go into the bios.

    if you see your optical drive then it will work for a bit, but the mainboard is failing.
     
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