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I've got a pretty serious problem on my hands here.
This morning, I heard a cracking noise coming from around my desk. It sounded like snapping plastic, but my parents passed it off as something to do with our unpredictable electrical outlets. Later, when I went to open the CD-RW drive to put a disk in, it wouldn't open far enough to even see what disk was in, but enough so that the computer couldn't read the disk. Well, I figured out one of my game disks was still in there, and judging by the rattling noise when I tip my computer even slightly...then that snapping noise I heard was my game disk, snapping inside the drive. At the time, the drive was not running, nor was the game, and it hadn't been on for three or four hours. I've tried prying open the drive, but to no avail.
The disk inside is (If it holds any relevance) Command & Conquer Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge. It's about one to two years old, moderately scratched from being used a lot, and had only been dropped once or twice from a relatively low height (My desk...and I always checked the disk for cracks.)
The computer is an eMachines T4080, is about seven months old, and runs on a Pentium IV. About two days ago, I had a new video card installed, if it means anything at all. The disk drive is either 40x or 60x.
So, can anybody help me, or point me onto the path of help?
This morning, I heard a cracking noise coming from around my desk. It sounded like snapping plastic, but my parents passed it off as something to do with our unpredictable electrical outlets. Later, when I went to open the CD-RW drive to put a disk in, it wouldn't open far enough to even see what disk was in, but enough so that the computer couldn't read the disk. Well, I figured out one of my game disks was still in there, and judging by the rattling noise when I tip my computer even slightly...then that snapping noise I heard was my game disk, snapping inside the drive. At the time, the drive was not running, nor was the game, and it hadn't been on for three or four hours. I've tried prying open the drive, but to no avail.
The disk inside is (If it holds any relevance) Command & Conquer Red Alert 2: Yuri's Revenge. It's about one to two years old, moderately scratched from being used a lot, and had only been dropped once or twice from a relatively low height (My desk...and I always checked the disk for cracks.)
The computer is an eMachines T4080, is about seven months old, and runs on a Pentium IV. About two days ago, I had a new video card installed, if it means anything at all. The disk drive is either 40x or 60x.
So, can anybody help me, or point me onto the path of help?