CD tray not closing during shutdown

[Newtechie]

Hi all -

I have a friend's who's cdrw is not closing when he shutdowns the computer.
He doesn't get any error messages and the drive works fine. He has to boot
up again to get it to close. I'm thinking he forgot to close it after using
it and thought it would automatically close when shutting down which is what
I was thinking also.

Does anyone know of a way to get it close automatically or is it normal for
this to occur when the drive is left open? I can get more info if needed.

TIA,
Newtechie

 

[Doug]

Usually normal behaviour with some drives. Just push it and it will
close.

Doug
====
| Hi all -
|
| I have a friend's who's cdrw is not closing when he shutdowns the
computer.
| He doesn't get any error messages and the drive works fine. He has to
boot
| up again to get it to close. I'm thinking he forgot to close it after
using
| it and thought it would automatically close when shutting down which
is what
| I was thinking also.
|
| Does anyone know of a way to get it close automatically or is it
normal for
| this to occur when the drive is left open? I can get more info if
needed.
|
| TIA,
| Newtechie
|
|

 

[Newtechie]

Hi Doug,

Even with computer shutdown, it's ok to manually close the drive?

Newtechie

 

[Doug]

Yes.

Doug
====
| Hi Doug,
|
| Even with computer shutdown, it's ok to manually close the drive?
|
| Newtechie
|
| | > Usually normal behaviour with some drives. Just push it and it will
| > close.
| >
| > Doug
| > ====
| > | > | Hi all -
| > |
| > | I have a friend's who's cdrw is not closing when he shutdowns the
| > computer.
| > | He doesn't get any error messages and the drive works fine. He
has to
| > boot
| > | up again to get it to close. I'm thinking he forgot to close it
after
| > using
| > | it and thought it would automatically close when shutting down
which
| > is what
| > | I was thinking also.
| > |
| > | Does anyone know of a way to get it close automatically or is it
| > normal for
| > | this to occur when the drive is left open? I can get more info if
| > needed.
| > |
| > | TIA,
| > | Newtechie
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

 

[Newtechie]

Ok - I'll let him know that, but I hope it doesn't cause damage to his
drive.

Newtechie