CD RW drive keeps ejecting

[ieatkangaroos]

Basically my CD RW drive keeps ejecting. I think this might be caused by some type of trickster virus. But I just don’t know!
I’m running Windows XP, every time I start up the drive opens itself and then I close it, then it opens…ect.
Anyhow I just need someone to help me with this, and hopefully how to resolve it.

Thanks.

 

[RealBlackStuff]

That's what you get for eating those poor li'l roos!
I must say though that the steaks are tremendous, very lean meat.
Some CDs/CDRWs etc come with their own Open/Close tray programs. Is there one installed on yours, by mistake?
What burning program do you use? Is it updated? Did you install 2 programs together that don't like one another?
I don't think it is a virus (or a little green man from Mars either).

 

[ieatkangaroos]

the burner has worked quite well for around 7 months now.
however, how do i check for this program?

 

[Shiney]

Check the front cover is fitted correctly, also the front of the tray is ok.
Try changing the ide cable, set the drive up on a different channel eg slave/master master/slave.

does the problem only happen while in windows, have you tried using a boot up floppy to see if its hardware or software related.

Hold the cd drawer closed while u are booting up.
Just a few ideas.

Good Luck