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    t400, how to power on my dvd drive?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by holyking, Jul 27, 2009.

  1. holyking

    holyking Notebook Consultant

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    i got this problem today
    DVD RW Drive Powered off
    i tried to right click and choose power on option
    it still won't turn on.. how can i fix it thx: P
     
    holyking, Jul 27, 2009
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  2. MidnightSun

    MidnightSun Emodicon

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    Press the eject button on your drive. Power Manager should recognize this and automatically power the drive on.
     
    MidnightSun, Jul 27, 2009
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  3. jonlumpkin

    jonlumpkin NBR Transmogrifier

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    I believe there's a manual eject lever and a little green light (at least there was on my T40) next to your DVD drive. I suggest ejecting the UltraBay device and re-seating it securely. The light should turn on if you have provided power to it.
     
    jonlumpkin, Jul 27, 2009
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  4. bolts221

    bolts221 Newbie

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    Has anyone found a solution to this? I'm running Windows 7 on my T400. It seems odd that you have to completely eject the entire DVD drive (not just the tray) and push it back in just to power on the drive. Powering via software doesn't seem to work, even though there is a "Power on" option when I right click on the DVD drive in Explorer. Is this a bug with Power Manager?
     
    bolts221, Jan 2, 2010
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