DVD drive would not open

datalore2 · 02-14-2009, 09:14 AM

Hi, I was hoping that someone could help me with a cd/dvd problem. I have a hp 8305us laptop and all of a sudden I started to have some problems with the drive. The installed drive is hl dt st DVD ram gsa 4084n. I checked in the control panel section and the drives seem fine, so I feel that it may be a hardware problem since the door to the bay needs to be touched to open. I am resigned to getting another drive but would like your input on a model that would fit and at the same time offer an upgrade. CIAO

**TriggerFinger** · 02-14-2009, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by datalore2

...the door to the bay needs to be touched to open...

Kindly elaborate on what you mean by this (see quote above)?

Also, go into My Computer, locate the CD/DVD drive icon, right-click and choose Eject. Observe if CD/DVD tray would eject.

datalore2 · 02-14-2009, 12:09 PM

Thank you for responding so quickly.

The door is picky and some times it opens and other times I have to use a clip or kind of touch the door as it processes. The drive will some times read a store cd (music) and other times not. It seems to have the hardest time with new media either cd or DVDs. I want to free up some disc space and that is why I wanted to burn some cd/DVDs. I have sonic (came with the computer) installed as well as cdburnerxp which I installed.

I am using decent media which caused no problems before.
My question is any recommendations to a newer model DVD player which I could install on the 8305us machine.

**TriggerFinger** · 02-14-2009, 10:07 PM

Since this is a laptop your choices would be limited on the size, shape of the drive and its tray cover. Given this, I suggest you take the part number and use that as search argument in Google or eBay. You can also your laptop's model number. A quick search gave me this:

http://product.pelltechnology.com/HP...ombo_Drive.asp

02-14-2009, 09:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
datalore2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	DVD drive would not open Hi, I was hoping that someone could help me with a cd/dvd problem. I have a hp 8305us laptop and all of a sudden I started to have some problems with the drive. The installed drive is hl dt st DVD ram gsa 4084n. I checked in the control panel section and the drives seem fine, so I feel that it may be a hardware problem since the door to the bay needs to be touched to open. I am resigned to getting another drive but would like your input on a model that would fit and at the same time offer an upgrade. CIAO Last edited by TriggerFinger; 02-14-2009 at 09:42 AM.

02-14-2009, 12:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
datalore2 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: DVD drive would not open Thank you for responding so quickly. The door is picky and some times it opens and other times I have to use a clip or kind of touch the door as it processes. The drive will some times read a store cd (music) and other times not. It seems to have the hardest time with new media either cd or DVDs. I want to free up some disc space and that is why I wanted to burn some cd/DVDs. I have sonic (came with the computer) installed as well as cdburnerxp which I installed. I am using decent media which caused no problems before. My question is any recommendations to a newer model DVD player which I could install on the 8305us machine.

02-14-2009, 10:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,826 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: DVD drive would not open Since this is a laptop your choices would be limited on the size, shape of the drive and its tray cover. Given this, I suggest you take the part number and use that as search argument in Google or eBay. You can also your laptop's model number. A quick search gave me this: http://product.pelltechnology.com/HP...ombo_Drive.asp __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE