DVD ROM still functional after driver disable

[BigCake]

I am trying to disable my DVD ROM so that it does not pops up when I press its button. Tried to disable its driver but it still works and the only the change I see is that 'CD/DVD' partition gets removed. Anyway to fix it?

[PineyCreek]

2 minutes ago, Atalia Chez said:

I am trying to disable my DVD ROM so that it does not pops up when I press its button. Tried to disable its driver but it still works and the only the change I see is that 'CD/DVD' partition gets removed. Anyway to fix it?

Powered ejection is mechanically and electrically controlled by the drive hardware itself.  You'll have to remove the power cable to prevent it from opening I'm pretty sure.

[kb5zue]

Like PineyCreak above said, the only way to prevent it from operating is to remove the power cable from the rear of the device.  It is the larger of the two cables.  The smaller cable, sometimes red, is the data cable and removing it will not make a difference in what you are trying to do.  Just unplug the larger cable so without any power, it won't do anything.

[PineyCreek]

Then again, if it's in a laptop, you're going to have to either remove the drive itself or depending on the design you might be able to just remove a cable.