Thursday, June 24, 2010

How to Manually Eject a DVD/CD Drive


Do you have a DVD/CD that is stucked on the cd tray of your desktop computer and you wish you could take it out?

You need to “shut down" your computer and “unplug” its power cable from the outlet before you do this.  All you need is a small paper clip.  You need to straighten the other end of that paper clip to make it somewhat like the number nine shape.  In front of your DVD/CD drive you will find a small hole that fits only a small object same as the size of the tip of the paper clip.   This small hole is usually located near the eject button. You have to put in the straightened end of the paper clip inside that small hole and keep on pushing it with slight pressure.  Your  main goal here is to find the gear that is responsible for opening the tray so you don’t need to apply too much pressure otherwise you might permanently damage your DVD/CD drive.  Once you get a chance to hit the gear, the tray will open up a bit as you push the paper clip. Keep on pushing the gear gently until the tray has fully ejected. 

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