Re: G5 DVD Door

2009-03-09 Thread Dan A. Currie
Hosemonkey wrote: Thank you so much for all your help. Upon closer examination, I found the door to be binding on the outer case. A little gentle bending and everything is working fine now. The spring was indeed there, it simply could not overcome the binding force of the outer(perforated)

Re: G5 DVD Door

2009-03-08 Thread Lawrence David Eden
The door should be connected to a small spring. It sounds like your spring is not attached anymore. The door is easily removed. Open the tower and locate the plastic tabs that hold the door in place. Gently push the tabs in (they are on 1 side of the door) and the door should release. Find

Re: G5 DVD Door

2009-03-08 Thread Dana Collins
On 3/7/09 10:34 PM, hosemonkey of hosemon...@mchsi.com sent How works the sliding DVD/CD drive door on a desktop tower G5? I have a G5 tower, but the sliding door covering the disk drive has slid down to the open position and is not connected to the drive slide at all. What makes this door

G5 DVD Door

2009-03-07 Thread hosemonkey
How works the sliding DVD/CD drive door on a desktop tower G5? I have a G5 tower, but the sliding door covering the disk drive has slid down to the open position and is not connected to the drive slide at all. What makes this door slide up and down. There seems to be no connection between the

Re: G5 DVD Door

2009-03-07 Thread Jack Countryman
There is no connection between the door and tray per se. There is a plastic piece behind the metal door that has a protrusion on each side of the inside of the sliding door which the cd tray hits as it comes out, forcing the door down. The door probably has a spring (or 2) somewhere to pull it