Windows 7 DVD Drive Problems

[CharlieMiller]

Installed Windows 7 64-bit Build 7100 on system with Plextor Sata2 DVD Drive. No issues. After about 3 days, the DVD locked up. the tray would not open. Even using the Manual Tray Eject did not work well. After I got the tray opened, I rebooted the computer to see if bootup would suck the drive tray in. No luck. Just replaced the DVD Drive with a brand new Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-216R 1.02 Qflix Sata 2 Drive. Same issues! The tray will not open. Windows 7 Device Manager shows the drive is working properly. Any ideas what is making the DVD unuseable?

 

[reghakr]

Hello and welcome.

There is absolutely no way that an operating system change can make the DVD drive not able to eject.

It seems like a hardware issue, not with the DVD Rom itself, but some connection on the motherboard.

 

[roemer]

DVD drive problem

My Pioneer bluray drive is not willing to open the the tray under Windows7 RC either. After restoring Vista X64 OS funtions excellently.

If I disable drive in Windows7 tray opens, after loading the driver again, the same problem - tray is closed for ever.

That means, SOFTWARE/DRIVER problem.

 

[CharlieMiller]

Thanks for the Info. It at least gives me a place to start looking.