Cd drive opens and closes by itself

memory

memory

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My dad has a Dell 2400 desktop that has 2 IDE cd drives. For some reason the cd drive on the bottom will open and close constantly by itself. I have seemed to notice that when it sits for a while with nobody using it, it will not do it but as soon as I start surfing the web, it will start up again. Even when he first turns the computer on, it will start doing it.

I have tried changing the jumpers on both cd drives but that didn't work. I would buy a new cd drive but I have a feeling that will not fix it. I really want to get this fixed, it is really annoying.
 
memory said:
My dad has a Dell 2400 desktop that has 2 IDE cd drives. For some reason the cd drive on the bottom will open and close constantly by itself. I have seemed to notice that when it sits for a while with nobody using it, it will not do it but as soon as I start surfing the web, it will start up again. Even when he first turns the computer on, it will start doing it.

I have tried changing the jumpers on both cd drives but that didn't work. I would buy a new cd drive but I have a feeling that will not fix it. I really want to get this fixed, it is really annoying.
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lol it likes the attention. But it sounds like you might need a new one. It also sounds like (not likely) but I heard someone can send you a file than it will open and close you disc drive. I'm not saying that's what it is, I'm just saying it reminds me of that.
 
Is he using Linux? I tried Ubuntu not too long ago and had a similar problem with the drive closing on its own after I opened it.
 
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