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    mini disc stuck in dvd tray alienware 17

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by avands, Aug 9, 2014.

  1. avands

    avands Notebook Enthusiast

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    please tell me what should i do

    i inserted a mini cd in my alienware 17 dvd tray and in got stuck.
    how do i bring it out?
     
    avands, Aug 9, 2014
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  2. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

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    How did you even do that? It won't take the mini DVD, or at least it shouldn't. Anyways, if you can't get it out with a pair of tweezers or something small then your going to have to pull the bottom cover off and pull the DVD tray out of the system and try to disassemble it to get the disc out. Although I have never done this I presume there will be 4 screws in the DVD drive that will come out and then the cover should come off. If that does not work either then the drive is probably a write off and you will have to replace it. There should be a Dell part number on the drive, search for that in Ebay and order a new one.
     
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  3. avands

    avands Notebook Enthusiast

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    tnx.my little brother did that.

    the mini disc has gone inside and i cant reach it.i guess i have to open it :/
     
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    mikecacho Notebook Evangelist

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    Another option is to apply a double sided piece of tape to a thin piece of metal and slide it in and hope it grips it good enough. My kids put 3 dvds inside my old PS3 last year and unfortunately i had to open it up because it was really jammed in there.
     
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    I 've seen that happen to a friend on his R4. We had to open the laptop get to the drive and manually get the disk out, its a pain.
     
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  6. avands

    avands Notebook Enthusiast

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    Tnx every one.the only option is opening the laptop because the disc is deep inside! Going to do it tomorrow wish me luck!

    ¡ HALA MADRID !
     
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    1Coopgt Notebook Consultant

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    Hope you get it out .

    Now I'm going to be the jerk that laughs .

    LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

    Sorry
     
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  9. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    Let us know how that goes. The double sided tape is a great suggestion BTW :p
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 14, 2014
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    avands Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys guess what??! I shook the laptop and out of nowhere the mini disc jumped out!!! :D

    ¡ HALA MADRID !
     
    avands, Aug 14, 2014
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  11. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    WOW that's lucky.. I got the plastic in the micro SD card slot into the DVD slot and it was a pain to take it out.. Luckily I didn't need to open it up...
     
    TomJGX, Aug 15, 2014
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