i have a creative infra 52x cd-rom and lately whenever i put a disc in, it ejects by itself after awhile. i tried putting a working non-pirated cd coz i was thinking it might be the quality of the pirated cd but any cd that i put in still ejects it.

what's the problem? help

my pc specs:
Pentium III 450
256 RAM
20Gig HD
1 HP CD-R (i dunno if this is relevant)

anything else you need to know, just post it.

Thanks

Shot in the dark here,
Have you downloaded anything suspicious lately? There is a little program that went around awhile back that, when you clicked a button on the screen, your CD drawer would come out. Could be someone has put this in a virus.
Does it happen with all CD's (data, music, programs)? Does it have similar timming? How much use does this drive get?

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ion,
Most likely you have a dirty lazor
At the very least, its a creative which IMHO speaks for itself........
Tray poping out most likely means it cant read the CD's, and not much else...

Originally posted by bassman:
Shot in the dark here,
Have you downloaded anything suspicious lately? There is a little program that went around awhile back that, when you clicked a button on the screen, your CD drawer would come out. Could be someone has put this in a virus.
Does it happen with all CD's (data, music, programs)? Does it have similar timming? How much use does this drive get?



i haven't dl'ed any suspicious programs and/or attchmnts. it does the ejecting after a couple of seconds i put *any* disc in.

it happens in all cds! any other help?

Originally posted by AwARe:
ion,
Most likely you have a dirty lazor
At the very least, its a creative which IMHO speaks for itself........
Tray poping out most likely means it cant read the CD's, and not much else...

it pops all the cds. how can i clean it with disc cleaner without ejecting it???

Does it stay open?

Could be dust, paper or something making it think that it is jammed...

If it is still under warranty, try that route...


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Try botting up with the cleaner disk already in the drive

I hate to post this here for fear someone that shouldnt do this will try hehe, but if it cant be cleaned with the cleaner disk and that is in fact the problem then you need to disassemble it and clean it manually,

Dont touch the lazor "at all" while youre in there if you ever deside to try cleaning a drive........

spray a little cleaner solution on the lense and then blow it off
also never ever use alcohol on the lense

Now that Ive said just enough to get everyone in trouble haha Im off to bed

With what AwARe said, I'd like to add one thing, use photo lens cleaning products, they are for high quality optics.

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mjc
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Always good to hear that people still have at least one "working non-pirated cd" in their collection. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif

Has the drive been recently installed or moved? Random ejects can occur if
it is not level, or if the mounting screws are missing, too loose, or too tight.

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tjaymadison, being in a 3rd world country and all, pirated cds are abundant and available in most malls.

thanks for the help guys. i already sent it to the computer service center.