Help plz?

[Steelmonkey]

Hi i have an old Pentium 4 Dell Dimension 8300 and just recently the the main CD drive started shooting the tray out randomly. So my question is, is this a hardware problem because it does it when the computer boots up, or is this a software issue and how do i fix? I have adaware and scanned. It found nothing.

 

[Tommy Boy]

Do you get any messages on the screen when this happens?
Have you installed anything lately that maybe needs to finish installing and is looking for a cd?
Did something happen and your windows is looking for a cd to recover from?

 

[BlindBusDriver]

Thats an extremely odd problem, if you figure out what is causing it please post what it was and how you fixed it, im curious to know what it is.

 

[Steelmonkey]

No messages. It just randomly has the light come on and it shoots out. I did install Warhammer 40Kawn of Warark Crusade recently and it crashed mid way through (blue screen, happens all the time), but i went back and reinstalled it. I doubt it is Warhammer because the game is suppose to work without the CD and the game works fine. I did also install the Windows Office Conversion pack but i doubt that was it since it would not have anything to do with the CD drive. I can leave the computer on the XP log in screen and it will shoot out the CD tray.

 

[thebigdintx]

try deleting the drivers for it, and reinstalling them...or maybe try putting a different cd drive in and see if same thing happens with that one.