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    Anyone else as dumb as me?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by steve1ddd, Oct 8, 2011.

  1. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    on a R3, has anyone come up with a way to get a media card out of the cd drive? It was early. thats my excuse
     
    steve1ddd, Oct 8, 2011
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  2. Dr. J

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    Yes, I beat you to it by about 8 months.

    Turn it on its side and gently use a paperclip to guide it out....
     
    Dr. J, Oct 8, 2011
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  3. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

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    got it out thanks.......really dumb place to put it imo
     
    steve1ddd, Oct 8, 2011
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  4. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Yep been there. I actually took the whole thing apart, took out the BD drive and turned it upside down to get it out. Yeah stupid place to put it.
     
    widezu69, Oct 8, 2011
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  5. katalin_2003

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    So I guess this proves that ODDs don't read media cards after all :p

    Glad you got it out, Steve.
     
    katalin_2003, Oct 8, 2011
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  6. inap

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    yeah the sd card placement is retarded. almost happens to me everytime. well atleast you didn't get a cd stuck in the sd card slot. hehehehe
     
    inap, Oct 8, 2011
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  7. vads24

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    This made me smile really wide. :)
     
    vads24, Oct 8, 2011
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  8. SlickDude80

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    me too lol
     
    SlickDude80, Oct 8, 2011
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  9. Beradon

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    Reminds me of those stories you here from tech support about people jamming 2 or 3 floppies into a single floppy drive

    Glad you worked it out though ;)
     
    Beradon, Oct 9, 2011
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    happen to me recently as well. haha. i use a double sided tape and tape it to my plastic ruler. just gently poke my ruler in and with a little luck i got mine out. haha. Was kinda panic at first. but luckily everything was fine.
     
    siang_rd, Oct 9, 2011
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  11. ECKS

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    Hlariousssss.

    Now, I have a better question for y'all. What happens when a dvd or cd gets stuck in the drive? In the oldschool pop out drives, you can stick a pen, a needle, or paper clip in the little hole to "eject" it manually. But how about now?
     
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  12. katalin_2003

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    Slot load drives are pretty much as old school as tray load ones but the first ones are better when in this situation.

    To answer your question, you can use two phone/credit cards to pull it out, if all else fails (eject button etc..) you'll have to take the drive out and you'll have to open the top to free your disk.
     
    katalin_2003, Oct 10, 2011
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  13. ECKS

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    Dang, complicated. Good thing I don't use any discs. The only one I've used since purchase was the installation disc for SC2.
     
    ECKS, Oct 10, 2011
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    I'm so dumb I didn't know I misread the thread entirely until now! I initially thought the CD was just stuck in the CD drive. After reading it again today I see the problem lol This is just too funny :) I only the card reader when I download pictures from my camera but usually peek to the side to make sure I insert the SD card in the right location :D

    Just too funny,
     
    The0ne, Oct 10, 2011
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  15. Raidriar

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    haha guilty of this too.
     
    Raidriar, Oct 10, 2011
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    I did the same thing on my R2 - and it wasn't early, so I couldn't use that excuse.
     
    bazookaman, Oct 10, 2011
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    Same happened to me, i've let it sit there for about a year, and now i jammed a CD inside there aswell. (The W7 Install DVD..Lol)

    And well, it won't eject the CD.. And i've tried to get a hold of it with a pair of forceps, but i think i just jammed it inside there even worse..No shaky-sound from it at least.

    Any tip??

    In fact, it looks like my DVD drive is squeezed together in the middle, almost seems like the chassis is broken.
    ?
     
    inzelux, Oct 13, 2011
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  18. DR650SE

    DR650SE The Whiskey Barracuda

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    Hahaha, wow this thread gets better and better :p Now we have an SD card and a disk jammed in? :D :p

    inzelux, you might have to disassemble the drive to get that stuff out. are both the card and the disk in the drive? Or just a disk? Did you forget the card was in there?
     
    DR650SE, Oct 13, 2011
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  19. steve1ddd

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    steve1ddd, Oct 13, 2011
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