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    My t61 cd drive ins't working????

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by dblb48, Sep 11, 2008.

  1. dblb48

    dblb48 Notebook Consultant

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    So i tried installing my printer drivers, and it wouldnt read it, just now i tried burning a cd and it wont reconize that there is blank cd. the green light on the cd tray by the button just keeps blinking green. Any ideas?
     
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  2. TravisBean

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    Start from the beginning.
     
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    okay, well when I first got it(begining of the summer) I could just put in a dvd, cd, etc, and it would read it fine. Now when I put in any type of disk, it simply wont reconize it. the green light on the side of the tray will blink, but nothing else will happen. I cant even hear the disc spinning.
     
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    Have you looked in device manager to make sure drive is enabled??
     
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    If I am not mistaken( I will know when I get mine,hopefully in a couple of weeks) the T61 has a hot-swapable drive bay, so also try popping the drive out and then back in/ re-boot T61/ check device manager again.
     
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    i removed the drive, then replaced it and restarted it. it will spin the disc for a second or two, but it still wont read it. the device manager says its properly working
     
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    Sounds like defective drive.
     
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    The only other thing I would suggest is to do a microsoft system restore to a point in time when the drive was working properly, dont think that will do the trick, but it's worth a shot.
     
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    wipe out the lense with some napkin and try again
     
    miro_gt, Sep 12, 2008
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