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Hey, I have a DVD writer here where when you close it, the motor continues making noise and then it pops out a second or two later. I'm 99% sure this is either due to dirt being far back in the track, or it is out of alignment. Anyone ever repair something like this? I'm thinking about taking it apart and giving it a try. I can make it stay closed if I push it shut (but not too fast). This would likely eventually wear out the gears though. Also, doing that is a pain in the ass.

 

I know, DVD drives are really cheap, but so am I, and I have nothing better to do.

 

I've fixed other drives before, like when a buddy gave me a broken PS2 over a decade ago. It wouldn't read disks. All I did was open it and clean the lens with alcohol and it works great to this day.

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I've seen it happen where the tray is being pulled in too much (i,e the motor is trying to pull it, tho it is essentially jammed in). After a few seconds the drive gives up and ejects the tray. Just needed a new elastic belt thing.

 

I've also seen laptop drives which randomly eject when the drive is spun up at max speed, but I've not opened one and had a look.

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I had a friend with exactly the same problem, turned out that there was something stuck to the shelf that stopped it closing fully and the mechanism automatically opened the drawer again. Sounds daft but worth checking.

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