paper clip that tiny hole (tray face) to eject, then see if a drive belt (rubber band) is broken inside; if yes, then yes, it can be repaired (find a similar, or at least round (not flat) shaped small rubber band, like fits around two fingers, and can be tight—then struggle to reconnect the two wheels, one small like smaller than pencil diameter, one more like a nickle ($.05), that both have grooves in them (for said drive belt; aka rubber band), and one moves when you manually open and close the optical drive tray
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paper clip that tiny hole (tray face) to eject, then see if a drive belt (rubber band) is broken inside; if yes, then yes, it can be repaired (find a similar, or at least round (not flat) shaped small rubber band, like fits around two fingers, and can be tight—then struggle to reconnect the two wheels, one small like smaller than pencil diameter, one more like a nickle ($.05), that both have edge (or rim) grooves in them (for said drive belt; aka rubber band), and one moves when you manually open and close the optical drive tray
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I find bending said paper clip (you used to punch open the tray via that tiny face hole), at the tip, to resemble a tiny u or v, to help seat those wheels, and even use closing the tray with the moving one partially attached, to sort of suck it into place (having the other non-moving one fully pre-seated)
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I find bending said paper clip (you used to punch open the tray via that tiny face hole), at the tip, to resemble a tiny u or v, to help seat those wheels with the new [rubber band], and even use closing the tray with the moving one partially attached, to sort of suck said band, into place (having the other non-moving wheel fully pre-seated)
hopefully that makes sense! good luck (optical drives are dodos; if you fail, temp borrow a friends computer with optical, to grab your data)
paper clip that tiny hole (tray face) to eject, then see if a drive belt (rubber band) is broken inside; if yes, then yes it can be repaired (find a similar, or at least round (not flat) shaped small rubber band, like fits around two fingers, and can be tight—then struggle to reconnect the two wheels, one small like smaller than pencil diameter, one more like a nickle ($.05), that both have grooves in them (for said drive belt; aka rubber band), and one moves when you manually open and close the optical drive tray
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paper clip that tiny hole (tray face) to eject, then see if a drive belt (rubber band) is broken inside; if yes, then yes, it can be repaired (find a similar, or at least round (not flat) shaped small rubber band, like fits around two fingers, and can be tight—then struggle to reconnect the two wheels, one small like smaller than pencil diameter, one more like a nickle ($.05), that both have grooves in them (for said drive belt; aka rubber band), and one moves when you manually open and close the optical drive tray
I find bending said paper clip (you used to punch open the tray via that tiny face hole), at the tip, to resemble a tiny u or v, to help seat those wheels, and even use closing the tray with the moving one partially attached, to sort of suck it into place (having the other non-moving one fully pre-seated)
hopefully that makes sense! good luck (optical drives are dodos; if you fail, temp borrow a friends computer with optical, to grab your data)
paper clip that tiny hole (tray face) to eject, then see if a drive belt (rubber band) is broken inside; if yes, then yes it can be repaired (find a similar, or at least round (not flat) shaped small rubber band, like fits around two fingers, and can be tight—then struggle to reconnect the two wheels, one small like smaller than pencil diameter, one more like a nickle ($.05), that both have grooves in them (for said drive belt; aka rubber band), and one moves when you manually open and close the optical drive tray
I find bending said paper clip (you used to punch open the tray via that tiny face hole), at the tip, to resemble a tiny u or v, to help seat those wheels, and even use closing the tray with the moving one partially attached, to sort of suck it into place (having the other non-moving one fully pre-seated)
hopefully that makes sense! good luck (optical drives are dodos; if you fail, temp borrow a friends computer with optical, to grab your data)