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Step 3Repair the problem
Once the drive is open inspect the mechanical parts. This cam be a little trick as you may have never seen the inside of a drive like this before. Specifically look for any broken bits or alignment problems indicated by scrapes on plastic or metal.
This drive had a misaligned pivot point on the gray metal arm near the back of the drive.
Re-seating the arm is just a matter of gently pushing it with your finger until it clicks back into place. Do not force or pry on it since that will damage the drive beyond repair. It wants to be on the pivot and gently moving it slightly will cause to to click into place.
NOTE DO NOT touch the optics...
This drive had a misaligned pivot point on the gray metal arm near the back of the drive.
Re-seating the arm is just a matter of gently pushing it with your finger until it clicks back into place. Do not force or pry on it since that will damage the drive beyond repair. It wants to be on the pivot and gently moving it slightly will cause to to click into place.
NOTE DO NOT touch the optics...
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Dec 26, 2010. 1:21 PMdkagen
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i don't think my drive has this problem. mine wont eject cd/dvd. when i took it apart, the pivot point on rear of drive looked ok. any suggestions on other parts that may be outta whack?
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