Will "pushing" your cdrom tray closed damage it?

[Wah]

or should you always use the button?

 

[AndyHui]

I used to push in the CDROM tray all the time, but I don't do it anymore. I guess CDROM trays should be designed to handle some wear and tear, so it shouldn't be too bad. By the time it fails you will be buying a new one anyway.

I don't push in CDRW trays though....

 

[Slacker]

All the ones I have just need a little nudge and they close by themselves, I always push the tray to close them.

 

[Cherrypez]

I only use the button to open the things.

I always push the trays shut.

It's never caused a problem yet.

 

[Wah]

thats what i mean by pushing... pushing until they close by themselves

 

[nippyjun]

I always use a little push to close mine, I don't see the harm in it... so far...

 

[Vinny N]

I've seen some drives damaged by manual closing, but after opening them up, the damage done to the guide "rails" would have to be caused by an EXCESSIVE amount of force that probably closed the drive very quickly.

The nudge that starts the automatic motor probably isn't capable of that kind of damage.

I did a bit of both for a while(button or gentle nudge). but since I'm paranoid and more obssessive compulsive in general, I try and for the most part, exclusively use the button to close it now. I wasted about 15 minutes practicing to make it an ingrained habit

 

[BFG10K]

I always use the button to open or close the tray. In my experience it's not good to apply manual force to any kind of electric motor.

 

[tjll11a]

I always use the button. Thats what its there for......

 

[bacillus]

I second the motion for using the button to close the tray!

 

[SendTrash]

push, button.. doesn't matter

 

[MCS]

Stick with the button I would say. I hate the feeling that you're forcing something. I suppose it depends on the drive though.

 

[GrimReefer]

Pushing the tray shut is not very smart....

use the freakin button, is it worth possibly hurting your precious dvd or cdrw drive over?

 

[DZip]

It is difficult to reach the button since my case sits under my desk. Why doen't they put the buttons above the tray so they can be reached? I guess it is so you can damage the drive and buy a new one. I try to use button but often just nudge the tray.

 

[swinger9]

I say push.
Never given me any trouble.

 

[gittyup]

I always forget to remove my cup before I push mine closed!

 

[Shagga]

I suspect "pussing" isn't the correct way. If in doubt push the button.



[Edit]

I push the tray though...

 

[DoctorBooze]

For heaven's sake, they're DESIGNED to be pushed shut. If they weren't, giving it a little nudge wouldn't be detected (and you'd have to force it all the way home, or rather you wouldn't and the manual would say don't do that, push the button). So go ahead, push it, that's what it's supposed to do. Will it cause damage? Duh, yeah -- about as much as pressing the button to close it, or playing a CD in the drive will. It's called wear and tear. You can't avoid it.

Hey, if you use the button too much, you'll probably end up wearing it out, then how will you open the drive? :^)

 

[PCAddict]

I used to push the tray in to close it. Recently I've reformed myself and now use the button to open and close the tray.

 

[aircooled]

I've always pushed the tray on CDROM drives. But now that I have a couple hundred dollar burner I have gotten myself in the habit of using the button again. I dont think pushing the tray hurts it, obviously they are manufactured with a mechinism that will close it when pushed by the tray, but I'm not taking any chances with my plextor

 

[Mem]

I used to push it sometimes,but now I`ve slot load it does not matter.

 

[Lord Evermore]

My Plextor 12Plex, bought in 1997 I think, specifically said in the manual that although pushing will work (they're obviously made to allow that since the motor engages), they recommend using the button to do it. They probably make them work by pushing because they KNOW people are going to do it, and they don't want to have to RMA 60% of their drives because of it. I would think that using the button is somewhat less wearing on the motor, since you don't have that small amount of resistance when you try to push the tray; the button activates the motor rather than you pushing on it until it senses the push.

 

[jaywallen]

I think that the logic of the device which automatically closes the tray when you push it was actually designed to retract the tray if it encountered an object as it was being extended. It just works as well for closing the tray when you push on it. If that's true, then we're actually engaging a 'safety' or 'override' feature when we push the tray to close it. The efficacy of this behavior would depend solely upon the robustness of the design. If it's not over-engineered (Where did we get that term?) enough for constant cycling, then we're probably better off not using it. I think caution dictates use of the button for closing the tray. Except on a notebook. All of those I've seen have a spring-loaded tray eject on their internal CD/DVD drives.

 

[emjem]

If they don't want us to push they should put the button above the tray where we could get at it when the drawer is open.

My Toshiba closes with a push that takes no more pressure than pushing the button. My Yamaha burner takes about twice the pressure to close. In either case it's hard to see how a light push is going to damage the drive.

How about a poll on this.

 

[mcbiff]

Quote from my Plextor 8/4/32A manual: "Push gently on the front end of the tray or push the eject button again to close the tray."