DVD Drive stuck shut

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aeromark86

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I'm having some issues with my DVD Drive being stuck closed. It has a CD in it (NWN2 Play Disc) and it works fine, but when I hit the button to open it, it does the slight shift (barely noticeable to the eyes, but you can hear it) and then closes itself again, spinning the CD.

I know this is a result of too much beer pong near the computer and excessive amounts of beer and other various alcohols being spilled on it during parties. I was able to get the other CD drive open by hitting the button and prying it open with a pocket knife, but the DVD Drive is more stubborn and won't open. I used a paper clip while the computer is on and while it is off and no luck.

Am I to now unscrew and open it up and try to clean it? Or is there a super secret method I'm unaware of.
 
On most drives there is a small hole that opens them up in an emergency. You will have to use a small pointy device of some sort, but the hole is normally right next to the release button [1]

EDIT: You may have to do this for awhile, since you are manually spinning the gears.

Wow that was hard to type without making some sort of a sexual reference, that's what a married weekend with no responsibilities gets you ;)

Nate

[1] http://www.llamma.com/xbox/Repairs/ejecting_dvd_drive_manually.htm
 
That's what I meant by using the paper clip...in the same hole you are speaking of. All sexual inuendo intended.
 
On my PS2, the teeth that move the laser wore down and I had to take it apart and replace the part.

Worst case scenario, you keep beer pong the f away from your PC from now on and learn what a DVD drive looks like from the inside after replacing it for ~3 cases of Natty Light.
 
Haha, it's moved now and it wasn't Natty Ice! :p Was multiple kegs of Bud Light and yes...this is what I get for hosting apartment parties.
 
Yes it does :)

Good luck, maybe you can take pics of the inside as a worklog and let us know if you get it fixed, in case anyone else runs into the problem.

This is 64, no longer a [H]ard n00bie.

1000000 ftw
 
Sure I'll take some pictures. That way if something goes wrong I have documented proof that I did what you asked me to do and YOU BROKE IT!!!

And I'm still a noobie. :(
 
If you break it trying to fix it when it's already broken to begin with, did you really do any harm?

Now that's a question for the Zen Masters, in addition to the off shore code I'm updating that says:

private constant conZero = 0;
private constant conOne = 1;
.
.
.
private constant conNine = 9;

and

bool blnTrue = false;

which was created for this line:

if (!blnTrue && blnFlag)
{
//code
}

Since !true is false, and they want to validate the invalid statement. It makes my head spin with the results of this logic.
 
It's not technically "broken", just doesn't open, which means it can play the disk that's inside...just no others.
 
You'll get it open to find someone tried to use it as a floppy drive. Remove the floppy disk, find the culprit who put it there and insert it into his appropriate slot :p

aeromark86 said:
Haha, it's moved now and it wasn't Natty Ice! :p Was multiple kegs of Bud Light and yes...this is what I get for hosting apartment parties.
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