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    broken DVD writter on arrival on 1501?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by JCMS, Aug 20, 2007.

  1. JCMS

    JCMS Notebook Prophet

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    So my father's inspirons 1501 came today. But I have a problem with the DVD drive. If I press the eject button on the drive, it does nothing, the light does not even flash. Absolutely nothing. But when I go to my computer and right click on the drive then click ejects, it works.

    Is there a way to fix this or...?
     
    JCMS, Aug 20, 2007
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  2. Raven322

    Raven322 Notebook Evangelist

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    my desktop has that problem too a lot. but sometimes the button does work
     
    Raven322, Aug 20, 2007
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  3. chrisL2

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    you can try reseating the optical drive to make sure it has proper contact with the system board connector.
    try going into bios setup and eject the tray from there.
     
    chrisL2, Aug 20, 2007
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