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    DVD drive opening

    Discussion in 'eMachines' started by stylee, Mar 27, 2005.

  1. stylee

    stylee Notebook Guru

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    On my 6809 my dvd drive will open if i just press on the cover, I don't have to press the button on the drive just the cover... This really sucks if I pick up my laptop to move it and accidently hit the cover cause then the DVD drive opens.. Does anyone else's do this?

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  2. HardDrive

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    Nope.


    How'd that PN! issue work out?

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    Proud 0wner of the Emachines 6809: AMD Athlon 64 Bit Processor @ 2.0 ghz/512 RAM/80 Gig HD/ATI Radeon 9600 OC'ed @ 432/222.75. DVD-RW/15.4 WideScreen
     
    HardDrive, Mar 28, 2005
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    Still no fix to the PN, the reg settings from yours to mine match exactly.. So that's not where the problem lies. I emailed AMD about it, and they kicked me to level 2 tech support, thanks again for the reg setting I would have got back to you sooner, but I was out of town for the Holiday. Thanks HD.

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  4. HardDrive

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    No prob. I just thought of something. Do you have SP2 installed? I don't... eh? I don't know.

    On the DVD Drive thing, hope that can get fixed. I know it would bug me to know end...

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    Yeah I have SP2 installed... But I did a clean install of SP2 when I first got my laptop and installed powernow no prob and it was working great.. Then I made the mistake of getting a new harddrive and did the same exact thing as I did before fresh install of SP2 and for no reason at all NO Powernow.. Just pisses me off. As for the DVD drive, I don't know about it.. I am sending it to emachines for the hinges so maybe they can fix that while they are at it.

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    It sounds like something fell behind your drive bezel and has come in contact with the eject button. I could be wrong, but there is a small gap there. Try blowing out the bezel with a can of air.
     
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    I can see nothing physically behind the drive bezel.. I blew it out with some canned air and no luck. If i press on the front side of the drive, it doesn't open, when i press the button it opens, and when i press the drive in the back it opens... The drive feels kinda flemsy when it is open and has a lot of slop in it from front to back. Any ideas?

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    stylee, Mar 29, 2005
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