After more than a year of service my DVD ROM drive has decided it will not keep its door closed, seeming to think it is a cup holder. This happened suddenly on Thursday night. I thought I had left the machine off when I left for London Friday afternoon, but apparently I left the machine on. I am hoping that if I leave the machine off long enugh, the electronics will reset itself. Does anyone think it is a physical problem, and if so what can be done about it.
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So, what exactly happens? You push the button, and it goes in, and back out? Any noises?Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.
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Push the button, goes in, light blinks a few times (two or three) then pops back out with no abnormal sounds[size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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I wouldn't expect the electronics to reset. Along the same lines though, flashing the firmware again....Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.
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I have tried doing that, will try it again[size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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Try placing the DVD media in upside down and then try again right-side up. This fixed a similar problem I was having, even after reflashing.<TABLE BGCOLOR=Red><TR><TD><Font-weight="+1"><font COLOR=Black>The world just changed, Sep. 11, 2001</font></Font-weight></TR></TD></TABLE>
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It sounds like it thinks it has a bad disc. Either a stuck "disk present" switch, or some dirty optical stuff.
That, or there's something jamming the door, but usually that causes noise.Gigabyte P35-DS3L with a Q6600, 2GB Kingston HyperX (after *3* bad pairs of Crucial Ballistix 1066), Galaxy 8800GT 512MB, SB X-Fi, some drives, and a Dell 2005fpw. Running WinXP.
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I'll take it out and clean it when I get home from work this evening. Flashed it twice (with a region free firmware this morning) Off to dl the latest P drivers before heading for work.[size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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Home: M1 Mac Mini 8GB 256GB
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Try to flip the disc first like I recommended. Why risk harming the optics when you can try my trick first? I was really surprised this trick worked because I don't know where it would store this state information. I had tried various OSes under separate removable boot disks as well as reflashing the device but it still would reject the discs. I did a google search and eventually ran across this trick although it was addressing a somewhat different problem. I was amazed that this simple process cleared the problem. The drive has worked fine now for several months since I performed this procedure. My unit was only ejecting DVDs. CDs and CD-Rs would play just fine.<TABLE BGCOLOR=Red><TR><TD><Font-weight="+1"><font COLOR=Black>The world just changed, Sep. 11, 2001</font></Font-weight></TR></TD></TABLE>
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I tried your suggestion as soon as you posted. It did not work. I did as I said I would, and I do have a clue, so I wasn't risking harming the optics. Plus I didn't have the use of the DVD anyway so if I borked it I would do the same as I would if I couldn't get it to work ie buy another. Anyway happy ending. I think the problem was that something was physically stuck. The drive wouldn't spin up at all until I had opened it, put media in it and manhandled it a bit.1 cubic mm of black stuff broke off and the drive started spinning up. I quickly put it back together and it is now working. I suspect this all happened because the drive is on its side as is the machine[size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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Originally posted by DentyCracker
I suspect this all happened because the drive is on its side as is the machine
Jörg
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Thought did cross my mind. In any case it is the side it will have to stay on until I get my new case. Has to do with the PSU and Zalman flower cooler wanting to occupy part of the same space.[size=1]D3/\/7YCR4CK3R
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