CD Drive opens and closes by itself

theguy · 07-10-2007, 08:56 PM

Hi,

Suddenly a few days ago my CD drive started opening and closing by itself. The CD drive no longer works. It was scary initially and annoying now.

I have Dell Dimension 2400, with dual boot - Win XP and FC5. I can say that this problem is not limited to Win XP, as the drive opens and closes even during the boot or when Fedora Core is running.

I suspect that it happened after I used McAfee anti-virus to scan my computer. I checked the option which looks for 'prank' software that does system crap, like opening CD drives.

Is there a way, I can troubleshoot this issue and recover my CD drive? If not, is there a way I can disable the CD drive using Boot Menu (BIOS) or by pulling out the power cable for the drive?

Thanks for any help.

- tg

jazzedup · 08-10-2007, 09:21 AM

What is the brand of your CD Drive? Is it samsung? I had the same problem on a samsung DVD drive and I know many more people whose samsung drives have become like this. I don't think there is any way to fix this problem. Even after sending the drive back to the manufacturer for fixing it, the problem came back after a month.

Ghostman 1 · 09-10-2007, 01:48 PM

By opening and closing by itself means it is going bad, I would change it or unhook it as soon as possible... I had one doing the same thing, only I left it
alone and with in that week it burned out my motherboard..

07-10-2007, 08:56 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
theguy Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1 Status: Offline	CD Drive opens and closes by itself Hi, Suddenly a few days ago my CD drive started opening and closing by itself. The CD drive no longer works. It was scary initially and annoying now. I have Dell Dimension 2400, with dual boot - Win XP and FC5. I can say that this problem is not limited to Win XP, as the drive opens and closes even during the boot or when Fedora Core is running. I suspect that it happened after I used McAfee anti-virus to scan my computer. I checked the option which looks for 'prank' software that does system crap, like opening CD drives. Is there a way, I can troubleshoot this issue and recover my CD drive? If not, is there a way I can disable the CD drive using Boot Menu (BIOS) or by pulling out the power cable for the drive? Thanks for any help. - tg

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08-10-2007, 09:21 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
jazzedup Geek Trainee Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5 Status: Offline	What is the brand of your CD Drive? Is it samsung? I had the same problem on a samsung DVD drive and I know many more people whose samsung drives have become like this. I don't think there is any way to fix this problem. Even after sending the drive back to the manufacturer for fixing it, the problem came back after a month.

09-10-2007, 01:48 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
Ghostman 1 Ultra Geek Join Date: May 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 730 Times Helpful: 34 My Mood: Mellow Status: Offline	By opening and closing by itself means it is going bad, I would change it or unhook it as soon as possible... I had one doing the same thing, only I left it alone and with in that week it burned out my motherboard..

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