Can Anyone Help With Pc Problem ?

[Evans Electric]

Can't open the DVD drive drawer.

HP tower type computer .

Working with Windows Vista

Edit :-     Its bloody well opened now , been trying for 1/2 hour

 

[Andy™]

press the eject button?

you can also right click on the drive letter in my computer and press eject

 

[ProDave]

Or replace the drive.

 

[kerching]

A prod in the hole used to be my preferred method, paper clip or cocktail stick

 

[steptoe]

if its FUBAR'd Deke Im fairly sure I have one kicking arond you can have,

not 100% sure if its a DVD writer though, or what colour it is,

pretty easy to change, plug out, plug in, even Brian could change one.

 

[Evans Electric]

Thanks Stepps ....'aint this Forum great ?  ...  Perhaps I shoud join :innocent    Thanks guys.

Found the hole although it s functioning again at the moment but I've taken the paperclip method on board .

Andy I'll try the right click method next time  ,  ( I had figured out the purpose of the "Eject" button BTW   :innocent    Well Brian showed me  :C )

In 15 minutes of   posting....   Four sets of advice and the offer of a drive ......one of the main reasons I'm glad the Forum was saved    :Salute :Applaud

PS  I did upgrade the RAM in this PC ...without asking Brian .    ( From 1 something to 4 somethings )

 

[Barx]

Thanks Stepps ....'aint this Forum great ? ... Perhaps I shoud join :innocent Thanks guys.

Found the hole although it s functioning again at the moment but I've taken the paperclip method on board .

Andy I'll try the right click method next time , ( I had figured out the purpose of the "Eject" button BTW :innocent Well Brian showed me :C )

In 15 minutes of posting.... Four sets of advice and the offer of a drive ......one of the main reasons I'm glad the Forum was saved :Salute :Applaud

PS I did upgrade the RAM in this PC ...without asking Brian . ( From 1 something to 4 somethings )

Megabytes?

 

[steptoe]

Megabytes?

:slap

arent you the comedian ?!

it'll be kB you idiot!

 

[Technician]

There is a tiny little hole (pin size)

Where is this tiny hole?  My PC sometimes

misbehaves in a similar fashion.

 

[Evans Electric]

Its just under the tray Tech, towards the left .  Thats on my Packard Bell anyway .  

Any other computer probs  don't be afraid to ask . :innocent

 

[Technician]

I will have a look for that when I get home.  Right now I

have to tap the top of the case sometimes to get the

****** to open.

 

[Adrian41uk]

I will have a look for that when I get home.  Right now I

have to tap the top of the case sometimes to get the

****** to open.

Are we still talking about the wife ??? :coat

 

[Technician]

No;  was talking about the computer (laughs up sleeve).

The drive has a flap that closes over the drive tray when

it inserts and takes the disc in.

So I still have to tap the top of the case to get the ******

to open.

I am still talking about the computer. :innocent

 

[Evans Electric]

Would some WD40 help   ?  ( Still talking about the computer )

 

[Steve3948]

I sometimes wish the flap would stay shut, at my age having to poke my little pin in to get the flap open is hard work (still talking about computer)

 

[Technician]

Don't think so Evans;  That stuff could be deadly

in one of these.  It attracts more damp and fluff

that soft mick.

Once helped a young lady out when her car was

caput.  Had to manually dry out the HT leads to

stop the spark tracking on the outside so that it

would fire.

(But back to the computer.....)

 

[Bruspark]

Not all drives have the manual release hole - and some early apple computers were notorious for not having them or in fact any sort of manual eject button at all.

 

[Bruspark]

Canoe boy, yep there are a number of alternative ways 5% of users could open it, but as I recall (and this I'd a bit historical) the real problem came when the system totally failed with a disk in and had to be returned for service. People were reluctant to send off their install disks pron collections, secret presentations etc ...

Jammed eject mechanisms used to be the highlight of VCR and camcorder bench servicing back in the day as well