shamrock838
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DID I TRASH MY CD-ROM DRIVE?
Dumb … Dumber … Dumbest …
I left my Matsushita CD-ROM CR-588 (my Drive Y) open while working on my computer … and got distracted. I turned in my chair and my knee knocked the open drive tray from the side. I tried closing CD-ROM tray but it wouldn’t budge … it looked slightly askew. I tried straightening it manually. It still wouldn’t close when I press the button.
Not knowing what else to do ... I slowly pushed the CD tray closed with some resistance. I pressed the drive button which lit up normally but the tray gave a little “clunk” (like it was trying to open). I then inserted a straightened paper clip into the little hole … nothing.
I rebooted the computer (as if it might “reset” something) but this had no effect when I tried opening the drive. Lastly I tried gently easing the drive door open with a small screwdriver from the outside with no success … and now the “on” light doesn’t even light.
BTW I also have a second CD-ROM (installed some years later). It’s a TDK CDRW8432 (my Drive Z). Through experience I learned that running a new software CD didn’t necessarily work on the CD-RW drive … only on the regular CD-ROM drive … the one that’s not working now.
My operating system is Windows XP Professional. I checked Device Manager and it said “This device is working properly” for both Drives Y and Z.
For the record … I have a circa 1998 Gateway 2000 Pentium II desktop complete with a 21” high floor CPU. [YES, I’m currently shopping for a new computer!] Also … the crashed Drive Y was part of the original Gateway package.
Now I consider myself only semi-computer literate and not a computer techie. So-o-o-o … what are my options please?
Thanks.
Dumb … Dumber … Dumbest …
I left my Matsushita CD-ROM CR-588 (my Drive Y) open while working on my computer … and got distracted. I turned in my chair and my knee knocked the open drive tray from the side. I tried closing CD-ROM tray but it wouldn’t budge … it looked slightly askew. I tried straightening it manually. It still wouldn’t close when I press the button.
Not knowing what else to do ... I slowly pushed the CD tray closed with some resistance. I pressed the drive button which lit up normally but the tray gave a little “clunk” (like it was trying to open). I then inserted a straightened paper clip into the little hole … nothing.
I rebooted the computer (as if it might “reset” something) but this had no effect when I tried opening the drive. Lastly I tried gently easing the drive door open with a small screwdriver from the outside with no success … and now the “on” light doesn’t even light.
BTW I also have a second CD-ROM (installed some years later). It’s a TDK CDRW8432 (my Drive Z). Through experience I learned that running a new software CD didn’t necessarily work on the CD-RW drive … only on the regular CD-ROM drive … the one that’s not working now.
My operating system is Windows XP Professional. I checked Device Manager and it said “This device is working properly” for both Drives Y and Z.
For the record … I have a circa 1998 Gateway 2000 Pentium II desktop complete with a 21” high floor CPU. [YES, I’m currently shopping for a new computer!] Also … the crashed Drive Y was part of the original Gateway package.
Now I consider myself only semi-computer literate and not a computer techie. So-o-o-o … what are my options please?
Thanks.
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