Haunted DVD Optical Drive.

[Kajeto]

Hello guys. Today something really weird occurred. Just when I wope up, I noticed that my pc has its DVD drive ejected. But... I wasn't using it for past few weeks and certainly not yesterday. My first question is. How the heck can I check when did it eject? the only time it had was when I went to sleep and left the desktop powered on till torrent finishes downloading. Second question: How did it eject. I mean, it never ever happened before. And also, can the dvd drive get damaged by being left wide open for night? I just ordered GTA V for pc and it would be a pain in the wallet to buy another drive after this one tried commiting suicide.

Cheers and thanks for every response.

[MblaZe7run]

I've seen viruses on a few computers that did nothing other than eject the optical drive (then open it again if you close it). One even ejected it and closed it at random intervals.

 

I'd run some scans. If nothing is found, I'm going to be of no use, sadly.

[Kajeto]

Gonna run a scan real quick and get back with a result
EDIT. Hell. It really was a virus afterall. Leaves me wondering what was my nod 32 doing, it most certainly wasn't stopping the funny malware from ejecting the drive.
Last question, there was no way that the drive would get physically damaged while opened? Like, from electric discharge or something. Air here is really DRY nowadays. It works fine though, just checked it.

[Arty]

I've seen viruses on a few computers that did nothing other than eject the optical drive (then open it again if you close it). One even ejected it and closed it at random intervals.

 

I'd run some scans. If nothing is found, I'm going to be of no use, sadly.

hmmm i wonder if a troll version of this is possible

[MblaZe7run]

hmmm i wonder if a troll version of this is possible

 

Would be fun to add that feature to this:

 

[adman29]

Gonna run a scan real quick and get back with a result

EDIT. Hell. It really was a virus afterall. Leaves me wondering what was my nod 32 doing, it most certainly wasn't stopping the funny malware from ejecting the drive.

Last question, there was no way that the drive would get physically damaged while opened? Like, from electric discharge or something. Air here is really DRY nowadays. It works fine though, just checked it.

Nah, it shouldn't have gotten damaged through all of that, saying that your room isn't really really dusty. But even then it's really unlikely that it would've gotten damaged.

[Kajeto]

Good, that's the only component of my pc that I kept from the old desktop. 7 years, still working fine. Maybe cause it always stays clean and idle.

[MblaZe7run]

Gonna run a scan real quick and get back with a result

EDIT. Hell. It really was a virus afterall. Leaves me wondering what was my nod 32 doing, it most certainly wasn't stopping the funny malware from ejecting the drive.

Last question, there was no way that the drive would get physically damaged while opened? Like, from electric discharge or something. Air here is really DRY nowadays. It works fine though, just checked it.

 

Might not necessarily be a virus, but that isn't out of the picture. Let the computer run for a few days without shutdowns (after restarting from the virus removal, of course), and see if it happens again. If no, I'd assume virus. If it does, let the forums know so we can try to find another solution

[Kajeto]

Worst case scenario- duct tape. Joking. Will let you guys know for sure, thank YOU from the bottom of my heart for now. you've put my mind at ease.