Cd rom drive is stuck closed, done everything i can think of to get open, don't want to break anything, pls. help, thanx, deige.

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Quasi every cd rom had a little hole for emergency eject,you can put a paper clip on it for opening the lock when the computer is off. Also under the laptop must be a screw which take the cd-rom on place.Removing only this screw you can remove entire cd-rom drive by pulling it out. You can do this with laptop turned off and the battery removed. Never use excessive force.. Hope this can help - Bye

Posted on Sep 04, 2007

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