DVD drive tray keeps ejecting

[dinkygreg]

Hello friends.
I have a desktop computer and I love it. Everything is working pretty fine except the DVD drive. For some reason my DVD drive tray keeps spitting out. Whenever I load any CD/DVD, after reading 5-6 seconds, drive ejects it back out. I tried some tricks to make it work properly, but had no success. Does anyone have any idea what the problem might be? Need your help to fix it.


Thanks..

 

[John Crichton]

You'd be much better served trying to google an answer or post to a real computer forum as opposed to a gaming site.

 

[dvvega]

It sounds like your drive is not reading your DVDs ... this can be caused by:

region issues on films etc
badly burnt dvds
your drive's laser is out of alignment
dvds are simply dirty

D

 

[Tarek]

Or, you're loading the DVD in "upside down" from the point of view of the drive.

Some drives want to see the DVD shiny side up. Even these days.

 

[Umbran]

It's probably the gnomes that live inside your computer. When was the last time you fed them? Try putting a bagel, or a chocolate chip cookie in the drive, and see if it behaves well after the crunching and munching sounds of stopped.

Don't worry about the smoke - sometimes the gnomes like their bagels toasted...

 

[ssampier]

More than likely the drive motor is bad. It's so cheap to get a replacement drive, it's not worth the fuss.

You can spend ~$40 and about 5-10 minutes of your time. If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself you can pay a professional about $50 to do it. As always, your mileage may vary.

 

[Jasperak]

I had a similar issue a few years ago. I had originally thought I had a software issue so reinstalled my OS. The problem continued afterwards, so I replaced the drive. I haven't tried the original drive in a different computer, but don't really care; the new one works fine. My guess is that my original is fried. I would recommend you try it in another computer to see if it works properly. Otherwise I would pull the laser out and create your own destructive laser. Info available around the net.