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    NC2400 optical drive completely stuck!

    Discussion in 'HP' started by glemmy, Mar 8, 2009.

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    glemmy Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've tried to remove the optical drive of my HP Compaq NC2400 but I can't manage. Although I followed this video guide, which looks quite simple, i failed :mad:.
    http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...21957&prodSeriesId=1847110&objectID=c00820050
    The drive is completely stuck and I've used a lot of force.
    I tried to remove the covers for the HDD and Wireless and push the back of the drive with a screwdriver, but it didn't budge, not even a mm.

    Is there a third screw besides the two ones in the video?

    In addition, I think I broke something because the sled won't hop out by itself any more. Well, I'll look into that later when I have more patience.

    Thanks in advance

    Markus
     
    glemmy, Mar 8, 2009
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    glemmy Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ohh #ยค&!"#!!
    There was in fact a third screw. For the keyboard.
    When I removed it the drive came out easily :)

    Thank you HP for not mentioning this in your instructions, nor showing it in the video. a**h***s.
     
    glemmy, Mar 8, 2009
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