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    Can not disable my CD Drive. Arrrrrgh.

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by vilmosz, Nov 25, 2010.

  1. vilmosz

    vilmosz Notebook Consultant

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    In Windows 7, I went to device manager and disabled my DVD/CD drive. Then I restarted. But the green light is still on. When my computer hibernates, the green light remains on. I must be missing something.
     
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    talin Notebook Prophet

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    You can disable it in Lenovo's Power Manager.
     
    talin, Nov 25, 2010
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    breid87 Newbie

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    One way that might work well for you is to disable it via the BIOS. If you go into Security, the IO Device (or something like that), there is an option to disable the cdrom.
     
    breid87, Nov 25, 2010
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    lead_org Purveyor of Truth

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    i think that disables access but doesn't switch it off.
     
    lead_org, Nov 25, 2010
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  5. vilmosz

    vilmosz Notebook Consultant

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    I'm confused as to why this is so difficult. Green light still on after disabling in both Power Manager and Control Panel and restarting.
     
    vilmosz, Nov 25, 2010
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    vinuneuro Notebook Virtuoso

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    I'm having the same problem with mine. 'My Computer' will show it as powered off but the light will still be on. It's the less elegant way, but if you disable the ultrabay in BIOS->Security->I/O Access, power is cut to the device.
     
    vinuneuro, Nov 25, 2010
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