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Alinestra Covelia is offline Alinestra Covelia
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Still no progress. Hopefully though my brother will turn up with my laptop and I can move everything onto that.

Just to make sure my desktop isn't completely impotent - can anybody suggest a safe "exit strategy" for ripping out a CD Drive and installing a new one? Beyond the physical twiddling inside the case, what do I want to do for the software?
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Open case, remove old drive, put in new drive, close case.

Should take about 5 minutes, 10 minutes tops. It's just a snap-in replacement. You don't need to change the software (if you refer to a driver).
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My 5-year old laptop also has a problem with its CD player. Just recently, when I turn it on, my laptopt does not detect the CD player. That is, if I try to play a game in the CD player, it cannot find it. If I click onto "my computer" my CD-drive does not appear. This happens, I dunno, mayby 4 out of every 5 times I turn it on.

And if I can get it to play, it often freezes up for short periods of time.

Any suggestions?
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Can you take out the CD player and put it back in?
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My 5-year old laptop also has a problem with its CD player. Just recently, when I turn it on, my laptopt does not detect the CD player. That is, if I try to play a game in the CD player, it cannot find it. If I click onto "my computer" my CD-drive does not appear. This happens, I dunno, mayby 4 out of every 5 times I turn it on.

And if I can get it to play, it often freezes up for short periods of time.

Any suggestions?


Try flashing your BIOS, and update all relevant software (driver etc.).
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bump, I'm having the same (or similar) problem.

I don't have time to deal with it now. and now it's cooperating and staying closed now. weird.
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Does your computer have any hardware diagnostic software? It may at least help you identify the probelm.
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I've had similiar problems with tray rolling out after few seconds + unable to read cd's. After lots of swearing, checking SW etc, I found out my problem was dust. A few blows with Air Duster solved my problems - just don't get the nozzle too close - you don't want water to condense on the electronic/optical parts

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Now it's not closing.



It's not closing because you're using it as a coaster -- take your soda bottle out of the CD drive tray.

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Such as this ?

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