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I did replace the burner and all is well now, incredible coincidence for sure. Thanks for all the advice.....

Well, I replaced the burner and all is well, I hope. Thanks everyone for the advice.

Thanks a lot for the new things to try, I will. It's not the cost of a new drive, a good meal out costs more, I just hate to throw away a good drive when I don't need too, it's also kinda fun trying to figure out the puzzle. I thank everyone who responded to this thread. I'll report back.:yowch:

No I haven't tried it in another machine, I think if I take it out I will just replace it. Same amount of work, even less. I'm with you on the prices. I remember paying 30 bucks a meg for ram.

Man I wish that was it. Actually it's not been used in quite awhile and it's definately empty. It's on my wifes machine, I just would like to get the darn thing to stay in before something on it or her gets broken!!

Firmware wasn't available from the manufacturer. Another strange thing is if you right click the icon for the drive and select properties, it shows the drive is full, I guess that's why the drawer pops out. Although explorer shows it empty. Don't even know if replacing it will help if it's a...

Nothing that I tried worked, all connections are tight. So hard to believe it picked this exact time to go belly up.

No virtual drive, but I thank ya'll and I'll try some of this stuff tonight.

How about removing the drive with Add/Delete Hardware Wizard and letting XP find new hardware on the reboot?

It's not the same brand, but it is the same type. As a matter of fact I removed it and went back to the way it was, and the condition remained the same.

Yet another mystery. I have a Dell Dimension 4500, I installed more DRAM, that's all I did, honest. Now my cd burner drawer won't stay closed. When I close it the little green access light blinks and the drawer opens again. When I click on properties for the drive it shows "full", but in...