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Izzy Hoggard Posted on Jan 31, 2013
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Unable to put discs in my Toshiba Satellite

It started to make an incredibly loud whirring noise when I put a CD in one day. It did it a few times from then on, and now when I try to open the CD/DVD door to put in a CD/DVD the light on the door doesn't turn on and it doesn't make the usual bleeping noise (so i know it is going to pop open). It just doesn't open at all.

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I had a very similar issue with my Toshiba Satellite X205 SLi1. I ended up having to replace the drive, as the motor apparently went out. You can get a new drive on eBay for a fair price, and directions on swapping it out should be very easy to find online. It's usually a very easy swap on a notebook, even for people who have never done it before. But I'm sorry, I can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt that your drive is a goner. It happens from time to time, especially if you use the drive a lot.

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  • Izzy Hoggard Jan 31, 2013

    Thank you, I'll try that!

  • Anonymous Jan 31, 2013

    Excellent! Tell us how it goes, and be sure to let use know if it fixes your problem:)

  • Izzy Hoggard Feb 03, 2013

    I took my laptop to a repairs shop, and they put in a new disk drive for me. It works again now! Thanks for the help! :)

  • Anonymous Feb 04, 2013

    No problem! Glad I could help out.

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Couldn't find that specific error code anywhere. However to give more information try this. Try to burn a CD, when you get the error code go to:
Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Event Viewer then Services and Applications. See if you get an "error" on a particular application you should as the event viewer documents everything that goes on in the system. Let me know what application or file is causing the error..standying by.

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May be the lens of the drive has gone bad...Replacing the drive will fix the issue..

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Click Start/My Computer then Right Click on the DvD Drive and select Properties. Click the Hardware Tab and double Click the Dvd drive or highlight it and click Properties. Click the DvD Region Tab and go down towards the bottom to change it by putting in a New Region.

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