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CD-ROM frozen shut!

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by jsmart 1 view

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I don't know if I put the CD in uncentered or what, but all of a sudden, and for the first time in the 4 years I've used it, my CD-ROM is stuck closed with a CD disk in it.
I've clicked "eject" on the right-click-mouse menu, pressed the "eject button," and even inserted a blade carefully under the cover plate to exert a small amount of pressure as I pressed the button, hoping to give it a bit of an extra nudge, but nothing has worked so far. Any ideas? (It is a Hewlett-Packard "CD Writer Plus," 9300 series,internal CD-ROM.) Thanks in advance.

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by q2ggirl

The little hole on the front of the drive is for a paper clip whenever a CD gets jammed. Just pop a paperclip in, preferrable the larger paperclips since they are stronger, the drawer will slide out a little and you should be able to remove the CD.

by jsmart

I didn'tt know that and it is helpful, but even that wouldn't unjam my cd drive.
Eventually, I took the drive out of the computer and discovered that the platform the CD holder sits on (the one that slides out when you hit "eject,") had somehow come partially apart and caused it to sit on its track crookedly-thus jamming it inside the walls of the CD player box. I had to pull it apart by force and once I did this and removed my disk, I replaced the unit, Thanks, J. Martinek

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