CD drive problems

[alice]

Almost every time I need to eject a CD from my CDrom drive, I need to
use the emergency eject button. The normal button does nothing, nor
does choosing eject from my Windows Media Player menu. I've replaced
the drive 3 times now, and still it happens, so I don't think it's the
hardware anymore. Is there something I can do or look for in XP, or
some kind of fix for this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try this...

Open My Computer | Right click your drive | Click Eject.

Then try this...

Straighten a paper clip, push the straight end into
the little (I mean small) hole on the front of the CD drive, there
will be a bit of resistance. Keep your hand out of the way. You
might consider doing this one with the computer turned OFF.

Sometimes the tray just sticks.

Try this.

Paste the following lines into Notepad, with out the this line part. Save
as Eject.vbs

-----------------Below this line------------------
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set MyComp=objShell.NameSpace(17)
Set CD=MyComp.ParseName("D:\")
Set Context=CD.Verbs
CD.InvokeVerb "E&ject"
-----------------above this line------------------

Change ("D:\") in the following line to your CD drive letter if not D...

Set CD=MyComp.ParseName("D:\")

Doble click Eject.vbs to open the tray.

If the file saves as Eject.vbs.txt, rename it to Eject.vbs

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[alice]

None of these work. The script worked before I use media player, but
once I play a disc, nothing will make it eject except the emergency
eject hole.

It makes me wonder, why make it a tiny hole for a pin? Why can't it
just be another button like the first one that doesn't work?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Sounds like an electro/mechanical problem with the tray.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[alice]

Sounds like an electro/mechanical problem with the tray.

Would that be the case with 3 different CD drives? Is there something
else inside the PC that would cause every CD drive put in it to
malfunction in this way?