We're running a Dell inspiron 530 tower drive with three ports: from top down: a CD/DVD port, a blank similar port, and a port with a range of connections for flashdrive, headphones, etc.
My son put a DVD in the top port; it played through fine. When he finished the film the eject switch didn't work.
Looking at it and comparing it to the blank port below which is essentially the same, the manual insert/eject switch must activate a more sensitive switch integral to the 'black box' that is the DVD/CD player but without breaking the manual insert/eject switch I cannot see what it physically activates.
I've tried pressing the switch all angles including using a screwdriver blade as a stylus. The tower drive won't switch off at the on-off switch on the front of the tower, and the computer is running glacially slow - it too around 8 mins to exit my son's account, open mine, and get online - though once online it seemed to work at normal speed. Very odd!
Any suggestions for possible ways to eject the DVD before hauling the drive to a computer shop?
Many thanks for any suggestions you can make!