First post, by Brawndo
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So I have a 24X CD-ROM in a socket 7 system with a stuck tray, and I don't have any experience fixing those beyond sticking a paperclip into the ejection hole, which doesn't work in this case. I've disassembled the unit to see if I can find what the issue is, but I'm not sure. From what I can see, when I press the eject button, the black center piece which carries the laser assembly does not lower all the way, and the tray doesn't even try to eject. Searching the web for how to fix a CD-ROM stuck tray has been useless as every article only references the damn ejection hole, and I need a more in-depth resource for troubleshooting the internal mechanics to figure this out. Does anybody have a good reference, or any ideas what I can look for or try?
If pictures would help I can post those later.
Edit: I should add that in my testing, I verified if I manually start the plastic slider underneath the tray to just barely start the tray opening, when I power on the PC the tray opens the rest of the way on its own just fine. Also, if I fully open the tray manually and power the PC on, it closes on its own just fine. It seems that whatever is responsible for actually starting the tray opening automatically is having an issue.