Cd-Rw Drive Stuck

Hey peeps, I was enjoying a great game of GTA Vice City, when the audio stopped, then the entire game extremely slowed down. After having to cancel the game I tried to eject it from my f drive and it wont come out. The entire drive will not eject. Im pretty sure the Play Disc( gta vc) is crooked or is blocking the drive from opening(obviously).

My question is....Can I manually retreive my Disc, or will I need a tech guy? Cuz Im sure this will mean having to manually get into the drive itself. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thx.


Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition
Version 2002
SP 2

HP Pavillion
AMD Athlon XP 2800+
2.08GHz, 448 Mb Ram


Q-Bert23

 

Yeh I found that earlier after looking at the HP Support site. How far back should I poke? Do you think I pushed far enough back? I did this earlier and nothing happened? Any ideas?



Q-Bert23

 

Ok, I heard it try to open the tray but the disc is blocking the tray from opening. ????



Q~Bert23

 

Not much else you can do other than remove the unit from the tower or whatever, and pulling it apart.

 

theres a little metal(?) lever inside that youre trying to hit with a paper clip, you should feel it when you push it in...it is easy to miss to the side of it, probably about the same amount of pressure as ejecting a floppy disk. does the drawer try to eject? or does it just not respond....also try holding down the eject button for a few extra seconds...not sure if thats effective for anything, but im pretty sure i've done it before.

 

Yeh it feels similar to the floppy disk drive. But when pressed it sounds like it wants to open just like normal, only it doesnt open at all. Like i said it sounds as if the disc is blocking the tray from opening. I may have to get a tech guy to get it out........goddamn Gta vice City...although this is the first time its ever gotten stuck. Is this a sign of my drive going on? Is it repairable still?



Q-Bert23