after inserting a cd into my drive,it would not play or eject..I removed my
disk via one of the many helpful video hints (using a paper clip-by inserting
into the access hole and slowly turning the gear-AFTER powering down) I tried
to repair it by using system restore,by going back to an earlier date and
time ,BUT it wouldn't work.My cd drive can not eject on its own nor does the
power light comes on.My dvd drive light does come on,it opens and closes by
using the power button,but it does not play on my Windows media
player...Everything worked before I put that cd disk in.It also happened to
me a while back.I just forgot how I did it...Mahalo (Thank You) for your
time.....

Your CD Drive may not have any power getting to it. That could be due to a
defective molex (white)power connector. Or it could have just gone flaky.
The Dvd Drive if connected
with the CD Drive using the same Ribbon Cable (Data) could be affected by
the CD Drive. I would first check CD drive for power and then if no help
replace the Ribbon Cable and connect
the Dvd Drive only as Master. It's a hardware problem. Not WinXP.


"hawaiiankine" <hawaiiankine@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news31598BB-9C87-45B2-B416-9A01ABA82CBB@microsoft.com...
> after inserting a cd into my drive,it would not play or eject..I removed
> my
> disk via one of the many helpful video hints (using a paper clip-by
> inserting
> into the access hole and slowly turning the gear-AFTER powering down) I
> tried
> to repair it by using system restore,by going back to an earlier date and
> time ,BUT it wouldn't work.My cd drive can not eject on its own nor does
> the
> power light comes on.My dvd drive light does come on,it opens and closes
> by
> using the power button,but it does not play on my Windows media
> player...Everything worked before I put that cd disk in.It also happened
> to
> me a while back.I just forgot how I did it...Mahalo (Thank You) for your
> time.....