I own a BenQ DW1640 DVD drive and like many other people, the drive tray will no longer eject and retract properly.
Following advice from a blog, I took apart my drive and indeed the tray mechanism is driven by a rubber belt. Although it seems to run properly by manually spinning it, it still doesn’t work after I’ve oiled some gears.
I have no rubber band of such a small size lying around, so I either have to go out and buy another rubber belt to fix the drive for the next few months (maybe years), or I can go out to get a new drive that doesn’t use rubber belts.
Update 8-Aug-2010: I’ve successfully replaced the drive belt and the drive is working as it should (quite surprisingly).
you can also try belt dressing as indicated by one of the ppl that commented on my blog. =p
just didn’t wanna throw away my BenQ. it has treated me quite well. it’s an awesome drive.
[…] drive tray (part 2) Posted in Uncategorized by darell tan on August 8, 2010 Previously I wrote about trying to fix my BenQ DW1640 drive tray, but without replacing the belt. Of course it didn’t […]