Dick in the Abstentia, The
Join Date: May 2004
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Not exactly genius stuff. People honestly use this crap on a daily basis? Can't get a CD out of a PC. Worked on one of the others but no toner in printer so moved to another lab. Most of the PCs here seem to be non-functional. Found one. that appeared to be working. CD/DVD ROM drive constantly busy but says it can't find any disk. Nor will it eject it.
Quick easy solve? I'm not entirely averse to the idea of causing damage to the machine in the process. In fact, it would be rather satisfying. I'm just trying to print some pdf's for chrissakes. |
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Toss the machine out the window.
On a more useful note, and small hole on the front of the CD drive that you can put a straightened paperclip into to get the tray to eject? Last edited by MCQ : 2005-07-06 at 08:07. |
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Dick in the Abstentia, The
Join Date: May 2004
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It gets worse. I decided to try restarting. Now it's stuck in some command line mode asking me if I want to boot from the CD drive. "N" seemed like a good answer. Won't let me type in anything. I can control-alt-del and go through the whole process again or if I hold it down longer it sends me to some admins panel. I think I'm rooted. |
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owner for sale by house
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Simply switch it off while it's rebooting, then stick the paperclip in as far as it will go, and pull the tray out.
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Dick in the Abstentia, The
Join Date: May 2004
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Actually, I'm using a broken pin or something I found on the floor. You'd think they'd keep a few crates of paper clips handy wouldn't you? I will go see if I can find a real paperclip and do as suggested but it's 11.30 pm here and there aren't a lot of people around. There goes 3 hours of my life. Bye *waves* seeya. Sigh.
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owner for sale by house
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Charlotte, NC
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When the power is off, it should be easy to pull the tray out, even if you didn't get it out very far with the pin/paperclip. Just use your nails ... Good night
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Dick in the Abstentia, The
Join Date: May 2004
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Found a bobby pin in the other lab. Other thing I had wasn't long enough. A thousand thank yous. And now, like a lamb to the slaughter, I'm trying it in this one. Where'd I leave that bobby pin..........
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