CD-RW drive won't open

Nightslyr

I have a Sony CRX320EE CD-RW drive in my computer, and I can't get the damn thing to open when pressing the button. Vista Business recognizes it, both in the device manager (which says it's working fine) and under the (my) computer screen. I haven't tried using this drive until today as I have a regular CD-ROM drive that I use most of the time.

Any ideas?

TelMarine

try using a paper clip. A friend a while ago had a real crappy drive that wouldnt open half the time, had to use a paper clip to open it,

Zilla360

Paper Clip, in the hole, for massive damage (basically if you have to use this method to open it everytime you should buy a new CD-RW/DVD-RW drive, they are dirt cheap now anyway).

TM2 Rampage

More specifically...

There should be a small hole in the front of your CD-RW drive somewhere. Take a paper clip and push it in there firmly until the tray pops out a bit. Then, you need to grab the tray and manually pull it out.

Zoolander

You could also try going into My Computer and rightclick > eject

crack hitler

or you could pry open the fucker with a screwdriver

Nightslyr

Zoolander wrote: »

You could also try going into My Computer and rightclick > eject

Tried that, didn't work. Actually, when I tried double-clicking the drive's icon (as doing that will eject what's in my ROM drive), I get an "Application not found" error. I checked the driver, but it appears to be up-to-date.

everyone else wrote:

Use a paperclip

That does work, but I'm hoping to find a more permanent solution, short of replacing the drive. Since I can't reach the drive myself (disabled, wheelchair, blah blah blah), it's not fair of me to ask my mom or other visiting family members to use a paper clip every time I want to burn a CD.

ravenhex

Best bet if this problem keeps up is to just buy a new one. There a piece of cack to install and dirt cheap now. Just tell your Mom you dont want to keep bugging her all the time when you on the computer and Im sure she will hook you up :-)