Pushing the CD/DVD tray closed vs using the button.

[Big Chris]

I've always used the load/eject button to both open & close the disc trays on my stuff, but know many people who push the tray closed manually.

Does this harm the mechanism at all?

 

[Andrew Everard]

If you just give it a nudge, and then the motor takes over, can't see it being a prob; if you insist on pushing it closed against the resistance of the mechanism it shouldn't be hard to strip some gears over time...

 

[idc]

Hammer and chisel works for me. Chisel to open and hammer to close. But I don't have a CDP anyway.

 

[Andrew Everard]

In which case it'll probably just be one of these to open the laptop, then...