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My CDROM drive is playing up. When I boot the computer, it ejects the CDROM tray, for no reason. When I try press the button on the CDROM drive, it does not respond. I close it by pushing it in, manually. I have to open it again using software (winxp - in my computer - eject cdrom).
Could someone offer an explanation and solution for this?
Hey! nuka_t! Don't offer advice that can be misunderstood by people!
Resetting the BIOS means resetting the options to default in the BIOS and not destroying the BIOS itself! And also your problem may not be related to the BIOS at all. It could be a physical problem with the device. I had a CD-ROM which behaved like this once. Turned out to be a physical defect...
EDIT: I don't think the BIOS is responsible for your problem. It is most likely a physical problem with the device. CD-ROMs just don't eject like that. It is definitely a physical problem with the device rather than any BIOS setting.
Last edited by vharishankar; 12-13-2004 at 05:21 AM.
Right when I boot it up. At the self test. Without fail!
Ok! Now I'm confused. I don't know what to do
Thing is, it's done it before and then it went away somehow (a few OS installations and reformats ago). I've fixed it before, but I don't know what I've done... something's up!
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