Don't know for sure about the boot-up situation, but it _could_ be your 
system battery.  Try changing it out and see if it works.  That was the 
problem with my first 'puter that ran Windows 95.  (It still works!)

There should be a tiny hole somewhere under the CD tray.  Straighten a 
paper clip or take a piece of stiff wire and insert it into that hole.  
There will be some resistance, but you should be able to trip the 
release spring and get the CD out.

Joyce in SE Ohio


On 3/10/2011 4:33 PM, Ronald Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have an elderly desktop with  an AMD Athlon  XP 2000 Mhz cpu which refuses to boot, and the DVD drive emits eight blinks from its light before the machine switches off. The fan works, however. Does this mean the video card is not working, or is there some other problem? Also, what would be a way to extract a CD from the CD drive, which does not open?
> THanks for any suggestions,
>
> Ronald Smith

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