CD drawer opening by itself

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CD drawer opening by itself

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CD drawer opening by itself

A friend has a Gateway with a HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8160B drive that won't stay closed, empty or w/ a CD in it.

Have tried to install a GCE8160BFirm201.exe driver I found but no help and also checked for viruses.

Any other ideas?
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Check for more viruses.
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Will do.
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yup, sounds like a hack job to me. I was playing an online game with someone a number of years ago and that started happening. the guy hacked into the game chat and started typing obscenities. :roll:
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Hell, there is/was a plugin for admins to do that to players on DoD servers. Fun little practical joke.
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If it only happens in Windows, yeah, check for viruses, etc. If it also happens during boot-up or in the BIOS, for example, then the drive is probably bad.
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Flatlander wrote:If it only happens in Windows, yeah, check for viruses, etc. If it also happens during boot-up or in the BIOS, for example, then the drive is probably bad.
Ditto, sounds like its dead.
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