CD RW Drive refuses to stay closed

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My Sony CDRW CRX195A internal EIDE drive on a Windows 2000, Intel Celeron
machine refuses to stay closed. When I close it with or without a CD, the
drive closes, and after a second, opens up again. I can hear a snapping
sound when the drive locks, but in unlocks and sends the tray out again.

It is recognized by the OS and there is no problem reported from a software
perspective.

Any ideas what could be wrong, and how to fix it?

Here is what happened. I mis aligned the tray when open, but bumping against
it, so I opened it and set it right. But after assempling the drive, it
behaves as above. HELP!
 
Rajesh Dugar said:
My Sony CDRW CRX195A internal EIDE drive on a Windows 2000, Intel
Celeron machine refuses to stay closed. When I close it with or
without a CD, the drive closes, and after a second, opens up again. I
can hear a snapping sound when the drive locks, but in unlocks and
sends the tray out again.

It is recognized by the OS and there is no problem reported from a
software perspective.

Any ideas what could be wrong, and how to fix it?

Here is what happened. I mis aligned the tray when open, but bumping
against it, so I opened it and set it right. But after assempling the
drive, it behaves as above. HELP!
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The micro switch or other sensor which detects when the tray is closed
is failing to do so - the electronics thinks the tray is jammed and
reverses the motor.
 
Brian said:
The micro switch or other sensor which detects when the tray is closed
is failing to do so - the electronics thinks the tray is jammed and
reverses the motor.
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I've also seen this occur on drives (CDROM's not CDRW's though) that have a
broken or loose gear (a really tiny gear involved too) and sliding the gear
back on or glueing it back together and putting it back in the drive fixes
the problem.
 
Rajesh Dugar said:
My Sony CDRW CRX195A internal EIDE drive on a Windows 2000, Intel Celeron
machine refuses to stay closed. When I close it with or without a CD, the
drive closes, and after a second, opens up again. I can hear a snapping
sound when the drive locks, but in unlocks and sends the tray out again.

It is recognized by the OS and there is no problem reported from a software
perspective.

Any ideas what could be wrong, and how to fix it?

Here is what happened. I mis aligned the tray when open, but bumping against
it, so I opened it and set it right. But after assempling the drive, it
behaves as above. HELP!
Click to expand...
Start system with a DOS boot diskette, if it's just the same, it's broken.

Mike.
 
Rajesh Dugar said:
My Sony CDRW CRX195A internal EIDE drive on a Windows 2000, Intel Celeron
machine refuses to stay closed. When I close it with or without a CD, the
drive closes, and after a second, opens up again. I can hear a snapping
sound when the drive locks, but in unlocks and sends the tray out again.

It is recognized by the OS and there is no problem reported from a software
perspective.

Any ideas what could be wrong, and how to fix it?

Here is what happened. I mis aligned the tray when open, but bumping against
it, so I opened it and set it right. But after assempling the drive, it
behaves as above. HELP!
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I would try reassembling the drive again, this time correctly (!),
assuming bumping the drive did not permanently damage it.
Seems like its not locking in correctly for some reason.
 
Which gear is it?
One of the teeth of the rack in my drive open/close rack-pinion assembly is
broken off. But it's right at the end. Could that be the cause?

Thanks for the help
 
Which gear is it?
One of the teeth of the rack in my drive open/close rack-pinion assembly is
broken off. But it's right at the end. Could that be the cause?

Thanks for the help
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When the drive tray is "closing", retracting back into the drive, put your
finger on it and gently push at the end if it's travel to see if there's
any play or if by this push it then stays closed (keep you finger on it
applying slight pressure but being ready if it did open up).

If holding it in with the finger causes it to stay shut, then yes, it
would appear the broken tooth is the cause.
 
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