Why my CD-ROM open and close by itself?
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NetBus may be a cause of that, a hacker can install to monitor your activites. check your computer using a good antivirus.
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Try opening it with an unfolded paper clip: There is a small hole just under the CD tray. Insert the unfolded clip until the tray pops out.\nYou probably have a mechanical problem. Check if any foreign objects are in the drive. Although I'm almost sure it will be unusable.
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Yuck, that means the disc is bad. I hate it when that happens, thats why I use CDs now and I double backup.\n\nI'm sorry, but there is a chance your floppy has gone bad and it wont be use-able until you format it again, which will erase all data.\n\nTo make sure, I would try to open the floppy on a different computer. If it opens , then that means you might need to clean your floppy drive a bit.
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sounds like the power supply runs on the edge. keep in mind that starting up a CD/DVD drive needs some power and this could turn the PSU over the edge, resulting in an immediate shut down.\nP.S. could also be a defective (short circuit) CD/DVD drive.
1002400
your cd is corrupt;\n\ntry in temp table from that u may run setup
204213
Go to ur BIOS and do it setting to automatic. Most probably it the BIOS's Setting that dosent show a CD - ROM
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There are several reasons for this thing to happen.\nWhat I have normally seen and diagnosed. will tell you about those points below.\n\n1] IF at all you have a CD-Rom Drive which is faulty. i.e. does not eject properly or even does not read CD's properly. This cd-rom can create a problem while booting. The computer will try to acces the CD-ROM if you have chosen 1st boot Device as CD-ROM and while it tries access it and the CD-Rom does not respond. The computer in return goes into a hang state. At this time same screen appears which you see.\n2] Tell me DId u remove the Hard DIsk Cable. If yes you would have plugged in wrong back. the Blue or the red line which appears on the one end of the cable should be next to the power connector on the Hard Disk or where ever its mentioned that its the 1st pin the the connector. Again same applies towards the Mother Board connector Blue/Red line should be plugged in where it says 1 [i.e. 1st pin of the connector] If at all the Hard Disk Cable is plugged in wrongly display appears to fail. or try pressing the cable properly inside the slot this might also help.\n3] Try booting with a Windows XP Bootable/installable CD and try repairing the installation. This will be the best solution for you. The option to repair should be the second one which appears while installation.\n\nLet me know if this helps you.
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check the ribbon cable on both sides of the cd rom..the back and the board...the cable is probably loose
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If this CD -Rom drive is removable try removing it.  Check the pins on the back of the drive to make sure non of them have been bent also check the receptacle that the pins connect to inside the drive bay for dust or dirt that may have gotten in there.  You could use some canned air (with laptop unplug ed and battery removed.  Also if you have a floppy disk that fits in the same CD-Rom bay if you put that in then you know that the problem must be with the CD-Rom.  How Old is this Laptop? If its new and under warranty don't mess with it at all just take it and get if fixed. If its used take it back to the place where you bought it they might be able to troubleshoot the problem better as they may have parts that can be swapped for testing.  Good Luck.  Oh By the way does the operating system even see the drive anymore?
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Sorry, need more info.\n\nAn inactive drive maybe faulty, or a system partition.
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sounds like the CD drive button is broken. replace the CD Drive and see if that fixes it. \n\nIf a format didn't fix the issue its not a software issue. \n\n(how did you format with a broken CD drive? and if you have a second drive and it isn't open & close'n all the time, why would you assume a format would fix the problem withthe other drive?)
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Make sure your drivers are updated, make sure the CD is clean, make sure the media is good, try another cd, buy a new CD.\n\nSorry, I wish I could be more help.
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I did it with a restart in DOS mode or a force delete with some programs. Just make sure that there is no program that run it at that moment.
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It is probably either misaligned or otherwise "hosed"...\n\nSince these drives are now inexpensive (around $30 or less) I would replace it either with another CDRW or, better yet, a DVDRW for about $50 or so!
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Sounds like a corrupted driver. Just uninstall and reinstall. If you have the CD, insert it and you can uninstall from the cd. Then reinstall.
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first check led of power of cd-rom is glowing or not.\nif not then check the power supply of drive. \nif it is glowing then check databus of drive and check it's connection in motherboard.\n\nthen it is not working then repair the operating system.
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easiest way to see if this is a hardware problem is to test if the cd will play outside the windows enviroment\n\nif you have a recovery cd - try putting the cd in the drive and the rebooting - if the cd is recognised your optical drive is fine and it must be you settings in windows \n(if it goes through to the recovery obviously DON'T recover)\n\nif you do not have a startup CD - ask a friend if they have one - or visit packardbell.com and download a generic startup ot bootup cd - do the same as above \n\nif it does not recognise the cd you have a obvious hardware problem