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Old 12-03-2008   #5 (permalink)
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Re: ? Another Tray Won’t Open Thread

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Originally Posted by -FT- View Post
I have your same drive.. and same problem..

this is consistent with the fact that.. even if there was a disk inside.. the tray probably wont open any way, the success rate was a little higher.. (because the magnets were a little more separated, by the disk between them, the magnetic force were a little lower, and the mecanism that moved the rail down, was sometimes able to beat the magnetic force)

if this is correct.. does anyone know a way to solve the problem?.
Did you manage to fix this? It sounds like the magnets were somehow getting stronger than they were when the drive was new.

I can’t afford to but a new drive, so I just left a safety pin in the hole, and whenever the tray sticks I push the pin in.
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