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Question posted by RON51192 on November 26th, 2014

The Dvd Drive On My Gateway Zx 6900 Will Not Eject.

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Answer #1: Posted by sabrie on December 12th, 2014 2:27 AM

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For DIY kind of people, there is a rubber band that is controlling the eject, it must be broken and need to be replaced

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