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Post March 3rd, 2008, 11:40 pm

Hello,

Recently my DVD drive has been acting strange. When I first turn the computer on, the DVD drive pops open. And when I put a DVD in there, it makes a strange noise and won't read it. I'll try to eject it and it just makes a clicking noise and won't open.

What can I do? The computer I have is a 3 year old Dell Dimension 8400.

Please help!
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Post March 3rd, 2008, 11:40 pm

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Post March 4th, 2008, 6:05 am

You can replace it. If it's making noises, it's probably bad. However, I would look in the device manager first just in case there is a hardware conflict.
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Post March 4th, 2008, 2:11 pm

The good news: you can pick up a new, better drive for about 30 bucks.

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory ... VD-Burners
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