CD problems, eject not working

pbarr · Feb 22, 2005, 01:32 PM

Hello,
Is there any posibility that running DH drivercleaner could have caused my CD eject button to stop working?
I have a dell latitutde with a sony cd-rw crx700e removable drive.

I've manually opened the drive using a paper clip but now the drive will not recognize that a cd has been changed.

Any suggestions on verifying checking cd drivers and general diagnosis?

Phil

md5 · Feb 22, 2005, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Is there any posibility that running DH drivercleaner could have caused my CD eject button to stop working?

None that I can think of
Perhaps your CD drive is locked by a program (e.g. Nero or Alcohol). Try turning off your PC and restarting it

IvanV · Feb 22, 2005, 02:13 PM

Try some cable juggling. My friend had the same problem for two months, and a few days ago I went toher place to install a new drive. It behaved exactly the same! Then we took back the old one, unplugged other devices and tried with their cables and it worked. Then we tried its old cable and it also worked. In the end we put everything as it were before I came. Still works. My guess is that there might be some oxidized contacts that were cleand by plugging and unplugging. (You might as well try a more sofisticated method.)

**Spike** · Feb 22, 2005, 05:07 PM

pbarr it is not possible that Driver Cleaner caused that. I think like the others said that another program locks it or that there is a failure in the drive or a bad cable. Best is to see if you can open it in safe mode or check the cables. BTW does the led still blinks when you start the notebook? if not then there is a power problem or the drive died.

Feb 22, 2005, 01:32 PM	#1
pbarr DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	CD problems, eject not working Hello, Is there any posibility that running DH drivercleaner could have caused my CD eject button to stop working? I have a dell latitutde with a sony cd-rw crx700e removable drive. I've manually opened the drive using a paper clip but now the drive will not recognize that a cd has been changed. Any suggestions on verifying checking cd drivers and general diagnosis? Phil

Feb 22, 2005, 05:07 PM	#4
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,085 Rep Power: 69 System Specs	pbarr it is not possible that Driver Cleaner caused that. I think like the others said that another program locks it or that there is a failure in the drive or a bad cable. Best is to see if you can open it in safe mode or check the cables. BTW does the led still blinks when you start the notebook? if not then there is a power problem or the drive died. __________________

Feb 22, 2005, 02:13 PM	#3
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,655 Rep Power: 280 System Specs	Try some cable juggling. My friend had the same problem for two months, and a few days ago I went toher place to install a new drive. It behaved exactly the same! Then we took back the old one, unplugged other devices and tried with their cables and it worked. Then we tried its old cable and it also worked. In the end we put everything as it were before I came. Still works. My guess is that there might be some oxidized contacts that were cleand by plugging and unplugging. (You might as well try a more sofisticated method.)