Okay, somehow tonight as I was about to go to sleep I managed to break my laptop. To be precise its the DVD drive.
There're no bulbs in my room now and I was setting the laptop down on the floors from my bed as I was going to try to sleep. Somehow, the DVD drive opened and bent as I set it down. The light was blinking as it normally does when it opens so maybe it still functions. The problem is it was dislodged from one of the long metal shafts it slides on to open and close. I managed to fit it back into the shaft, but the next issue is that I guess when it was dislodged a part of the plastic cut and has now created a barrier preventing it from closing (as you can imaging it's a very tight fit). I believe I have a warranty through office depot (forget if it covers accidental damage) but can't look at it any time soon as the paperwork from the purchase (back in fall 06) is in a different town. So I'll just call them to ask what type of coverage I have.
Otherwise, anything else I can do? Is this more or less a $300 fix which I should just skip (after finding some way to close or remove the drive) and buy an external one? It will really suck having my disc drive open like this for an extended period of time.
There're no bulbs in my room now and I was setting the laptop down on the floors from my bed as I was going to try to sleep. Somehow, the DVD drive opened and bent as I set it down. The light was blinking as it normally does when it opens so maybe it still functions. The problem is it was dislodged from one of the long metal shafts it slides on to open and close. I managed to fit it back into the shaft, but the next issue is that I guess when it was dislodged a part of the plastic cut and has now created a barrier preventing it from closing (as you can imaging it's a very tight fit). I believe I have a warranty through office depot (forget if it covers accidental damage) but can't look at it any time soon as the paperwork from the purchase (back in fall 06) is in a different town. So I'll just call them to ask what type of coverage I have.
Otherwise, anything else I can do? Is this more or less a $300 fix which I should just skip (after finding some way to close or remove the drive) and buy an external one? It will really suck having my disc drive open like this for an extended period of time.
