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Old 6th June, 2005, 08:16 PM
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dvd drive dead???

I CHANGED molex power connectors 3 times the light doesn't come on when i hit eject button even right clicked and ejected-had to resort to using paper clip to eject it
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Old 6th June, 2005, 08:21 PM
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ok all of a sudden it started working-thats weird
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i had this problem with a ordinary DVD drive before......it would stop being reconised by windows every time i put a disk in and would have to resort to using a paper clip. and then after about 3 months it miraculously recovered........weird
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ok all of a sudden it started working-thats weird
A mis-alligned internal tray switch ?
A bad contact ?

Is it still under guaratee, then RMA it !

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its been perfectly fine since then
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