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  1. July 28th, 2005, 04:07 AM #1
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    Turning on the PC opens CD-Rom Drive

    About 6 months ago, the old PC was dropped and we had to get it repaired. Ever since then, whenever the button is switched on to turn the PC on, the CD-Rom drive opens. Anyone have any idea why it does this?
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    Re: Turning on the PC opens CD-Rom Drive

    it's like "Feed me"

    may be it's looking for a bootable disk in CD Rom... please check your BIOS for BOOT option, set it to your HDD...
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    Re: Turning on the PC opens CD-Rom Drive

    Unplug the whole computer. Pop out the BIOS battery then the RAM. After that, disconnect all cables to the CD-ROM. Wait 10 seconds and then put the battery back in and then the RAM then the CD-ROM cables. Plug it all back in and then tell me what happens.
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    Re: Turning on the PC opens CD-Rom Drive

    Thanks, but I didn't want to know how to stop it - I wanted to know why it happens...
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    Re: Turning on the PC opens CD-Rom Drive

    Glitch with the ROM. I can't fully explain it but it can easily be reset. Did you stop it?
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    Re: Turning on the PC opens CD-Rom Drive

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    Glitch with the ROM. I can't fully explain it but it can easily be reset. Did you stop it?
    No I didn't bother trying to sort it out. Does make a difference from the drive efusing to open.
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    Re: Turning on the PC opens CD-Rom Drive

    Quote Originally Posted by peejavery
    Unplug the whole computer. Pop out the BIOS battery then the RAM. After that, disconnect all cables to the CD-ROM. Wait 10 seconds and then put the battery back in and then the RAM then the CD-ROM cables. Plug it all back in and then tell me what happens.
    Very simple and not time consuming!
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