Compnub Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 Wuz up people... This guy I know put a slightly cracked cd in his cd drive, while inside the cd drive, the cd broke completely. *skipping a bunch of useless stuff* So most of the cd parts are out of the drive, but now the drive wont stay closed. 3 Seconds after it closes it opens again. As soon as you turn on the PC, the drive opens. should i take it apart or just have him to buy another cd drive? Thanks in advance... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fireonice Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 take it apart. I did it to a old dvd drive and its quite simple and easy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunak87 Posted August 20, 2005 Posted August 20, 2005 You might as well take it apart, it's busted anyway, so you've got nothing to lose. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raven65 Posted August 22, 2005 Posted August 22, 2005 Take it apart. If you mess it up you can get a new one for about 20 bucks on my most unfavorite store. NewEgg. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compnub Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Ok...i took the thing apart, and got the rest of the pieces of the cd out then put it back together... But its still doing the same thing. As soon as i turn the pc on, the light on the cd drive comes on, and the drive opens up by itself. Anyone have any ideas??? That 20 dollars can buy like 5 gallons of gas Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoArmistead Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 That 20 dollars can buy like 5 gallons of gas 532462[/snapback] DANG..where do you live lol. Premium is $2.67 around here. But in all seriousness... $20 bucks gets you a new CD-drive, he probably shouldnt have put a cracked CD in the drive to begin with, if a drive can cause a perfect, yet unblanaced, CD to explode...it'll definitely cause a cracked one to do the same. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Wuz up people... This guy I know put a slightly cracked cd in his cd drive, while inside the cd drive, the cd broke completely. *skipping a bunch of useless stuff* So most of the cd parts are out of the drive, but now the drive wont stay closed. 3 Seconds after it closes it opens again. As soon as you turn on the PC, the drive opens. should i take it apart or just have him to buy another cd drive? Thanks in advance... 531173[/snapback] It's like those old 104x cdroms that came out for a little while. Blowing up CDs left and right. Good times Seriously though, take it apart and clean it. It's already skrewed, so there's no point in babying it. Just tear it down and see what you can do. If you can't fix it, you'll have to break down and spend the $20 for a new one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archerzz Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Take it apart. Heck I take apart stuff that still works All because I am bored .......! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apostolics Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 im with all the guys Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verran Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 Go on! You know you want to! Tear it down! Grr! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savan Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 take it apart, check the little blue switch, it goes left and right, make sute it is unblocked when the trey goes over it, it moves to one side, then the other, that tells the moters when to turn on and when to turn off :EDIT: Even if you get the tray to work properly, the disk may have scratched the optics on the reader head, if that happned, the drives shot, and thats what I tecomend you do to it, or burn it, or blow it up, no mater what you do to it, take pictures and show us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazmire11 Posted August 23, 2005 Posted August 23, 2005 i dont need a cd drive to do my destroying! http://www.powerlabs.org/movies/cd.mpg THAT is how you have fun with aol free trial cds Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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