On optical disc drive where the tray won;t open I first get the tray open with
the emergency eject hole, then use a big pair of bent tip tweezers to get the
tray belt out. Next step, bring some water to a rolling boil on the stove, drop
the belt in and turn the heat off. After a minute, fish the belt out, dry it
off and use the tweezers to reinstall. Also works on tray load game consoles
like the "fat" Playstation 2, original XBox, and Xbox 360.
I always preferred optical drives with an all gear driven tray, but those were
few and far between.
On Monday, August 26, 2019, 2:24:48 PM MDT, Gene Heskett
<[email protected]> wrote:
> How often do you use a DVD anymore, especially if the computer is on a
> tall shelf? You might just remove the drive.
Thats also a possibility, since new installs can often be done with a
netinstall on a thumb drive. IIRC, that dvd had to have 1/4" snipped
out of its tray belt & superglued shorter the last time I used it, swag
at about 2 years ago now. That has been a good fix I've done 4 or 5
times now.
We'll see what another new & diff supply with enough drive cables does
tomorrow.
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