The lights blink, I can hear the drive spin, but then it quits.  At this point
the tray opens by itself.

Byron Wolter

"Gary R. Tennesen" wrote:

>   Assuming the CD is dead (you didn't mention if you got blinking lights or
> any lights or if you could hear it spin) and you cannot open the tray, look
> for a pinhole opening on the front of the drive.
>
> You should be able to push a paper clip into the opening which will manually
> eject the disk.  I've completely taken CD ROM's apart and put them back
> together; from my experience, if all signs show it's dead, it's cheaper just
> to get a new one or force it off onto the warranty people.
>
> gary r. tennesen
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>
> Today, the power went off twice within 2 minutes while the computer was
> on.  Now, my CD-ROM is "inaccessible," and there is a CD in the drive.
> I've checked everything I can think of.  Windows sees the drive in My
> Computer, and the BIOS sees it, but when clicking on it, I get the
> inaccessible error.  I removed it in Device Manager and rebooted, but
> still to no avail.  Any suggestions?
>
> Byron Wolter
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