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    darey Posts: 15, Reputation: 1
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    Jun 12, 2007, 12:25 PM
    CD Drive won't open
    I have a compact and my CD drive won't open. Does anyone know what might be wrong.
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    Jun 12, 2007, 12:31 PM
    Just an idea. It may be getting old and worn out. I have two CD drives on my computer. One of them is very old, but it is the drive that I use to burn CD's. Most of the time when I press the button on it to open it, it won't open. I have to just barely touch the button and then it will open. Also, most of the time, it takes it a long time to read what is on any CD, if it reads anything at all.

    If you look at the front of the CD player, there should be a tiny hole. People are supposed to stick a very small, pointed object in that hole to get it to open. That might work for you.
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    Jun 12, 2007, 12:56 PM
    I've tried to small hole in the front of the drive it did not work for me, also I noticed that the light in the front of the drive does not light up at all, even when I start up my computer. A while back I was having trouble with it closing it would just pop open at the start up and would not close.
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    Jun 12, 2007, 12:58 PM
    Probably time to replace it. But it may not be getting power so you might want to check the power cable to it.
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    Jun 13, 2007, 12:37 PM
    I also noticed that my cd drive where I usually listen to my audio cd's and burn my cds won't read anything. It will open but it won't read anything. I went into my computer once I inserted a cd and the drive won't even show up.
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