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My DVD drive won't stay shut

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dragonflyreptiles

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Well my DVD drive is making me nuts!

Cody (my 6 year old) was in here a few days ago and put a blank CD in my DVD drive, so what, I took it out, but now the :censored: thing will not shut.

I close it, it opens, I smack it shut, it opens, I knock the crap out of it to shut it, it OPENS!

he could not have done anything to "mess" it up with a stupid CD so is it just fried, stupid, trying to make me kill it, etc?
 
Scott -- Thank you, it WORKED!!!

Coyote -- I was wondering if it forgot what it was or was trying to make me wonder if I knew what it was but I was really thinking it wanted me to kill it and get a new one!
 
shavemycoinpurse said:
Shut the computer down.

Below the opening where the DVD slides in should be a small hole which is used to manually eject a disk if the drive won't open.

Unbend a large paper clip and insert it into this hole - you should feel some resistence and then a little give. While you are pushing the paper clip into the hole manually push the drawer that holds the DVD in until it is completely closed.

Power on the computer and see what happens.
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I would have suggested duct tape.....heh heh. :hehe:

My kids have broken so many things, I have become adept at fixing just about anything with duct tape, lol. But I'm glad someone knew how to actually FIX it. ;)
 
Im with you on that, I have a hole in the main line pipe in my kitchen that is "repaired" with duct tape lol
 
shavemycoinpurse said:
Plan B was duct tape.

Plan C: Ball pein hammer
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

I see only one flaw in that plan.....why go for just a little ball pein hammer, when you could use a 6 lb sledge and REALLY fix it? :hehe:
 
dragonflyreptiles said:
lol I was thinking of stomping the crap out of it lol
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Nah, one or two good swings with the sledge will do just as much "repairing" with less effort than stomping. :rofl:
 
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