Re: ME ......... have cd that wont eject
> Heirloom, old and good to read your face again Mart!!
Yours too HL, I keep a regular eye-out on the WinMe groups and although may
not respond as frequently, I do like to watch for your tags. They're (still)
Magic!
However, regarding the 'toy' laptop (as opposed to the 'real') PC's, it
would appear that the technical term for letterbox, tray-less, pinhole-less
CD-ROMS is a "slot-in mechanism" with their 'selling feature' being a
"highly convenient functionality" with an "extremely easy media load"
No mention of a jammed disk though <g>
No wonder they spin <vbg>
Mart
"Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
news:u%23NU815NIHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> My wifes laptop simply has a button that makes the tray eject. Of course,
> if there is a warped or ****ed disc in the tray, that would be another
> story...possibly one without a happy ending. On a 'real' computer, a
> desktop, I have never seen one without the pinhole eject feature.
> Heirloom, old and good to read your face again Mart!!
>
> "Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uNjly44NIHA.5224@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi HL, I know of someone with a 'newer' laptop which has one of these
>> fabric fronted 'letterbox' self-ejecting type CD/DVD drives (no "pin
>> hole"- or tray!!.)
>>
>> He got an 'eco-friendly' type DVD (super thin) stuck in it and eventually
>> recovered the DVD only after a great deal of patience, tilting the laptop
>> at various angles (possibly a problem with a desktop <g>) and continually
>> powering on and off till the thing spewed.
>>
>> Be warned!
>>
>> Mart
>>
>>
>> "Heirloom" <nobodyhome@noplacelike.hom> wrote in message
>> news:ecyHJ13NIHA.3556@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> There may be some, but, I have never seen a CD drive that did not have
>>> the "pin hole" eject just below the tray, on the face of the drive.
>>> Using a straightened paperclip works as well as anything.
>>> Heirloom, old and won't shed details on that
>>> process
>>>
>>> "Greegor" <Greegor47@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:36e2ff76-7214-4e3d-9e1b-138cecb4b4fa@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
>>>> Remove the drive unit. Carefully unplug both cables.
>>>> Try putting the drive on a known good power supply.
>>>> Connect no data cable, just power.
>>>> Try the eject button.
>>>> Jiggle it very slightly while it's cycling.
>>>> try the eject button.
>>>> Push drawer in slightly and release while it's cycling.
>>>>
>>>> If you get the CD out, don't put a CD back in
>>>> until the eject button works reliably.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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