It happens even though there's no disk in the drive.

It's hard to imagine that it's a hardware problem when restarting Windows
fixes it.

And why would it start to open, then close up again?

I have the same problem with a CD drive on one computer and a DVD drive on
another.



"Badger" <badger@theranch.com> wrote in message
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> Paul Pedersen wrote:
>> When I push the eject button on the drive, or right click in Explorer and
>> choose Eject, often the drive will not open. It makes a clunk noise, but
>> will not open up. This happens even if there is no CD in it. Sometimes it
>> will eject an inch or so, but then close up immediately. If I restart
>> Windows, it usually will work ok for a while.
>>
>> I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the driver. No help.
>>
>> I have the exact same problem on two computers in different locations.
>>
>> Any ideas?
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> Hi Paul
> Stick a paperclip in the little hole in front of the drive
> and it will open the drive, take out your Cd and buy a new Drive.