Problem With 100mb IDE Zip Drive

l33t

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Worked fine for 2 years. Have reconnected it several times so I know cables aren't loose. No driver errors in windows 2000 pro. Recently, every time I put a zip disk in, it ejects it instantly. It won't even attempt to read it. As soon as it's in all the way it's ejected. I thought it might be a bad spring inside but it's not. If I turn the PC off and put a zip disk in it stays in...but as soon as I turn the power on, it instantly gets ejected. Any ideas?

No recent hardware or software changes. I just disconnected it (which is something I've done dozens of times on same system).

could it be a bad ribbon cable? I can't swap it till tomorrow but that's the only thing I can think of :/
 

mastertech01

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Nov 13, 1999
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Sounds like a sticking/shorted eject button if it doesnt even take the time to attempt to read it or detect media.