Do you know of any device or method to keep a button pressed? I'm talking about real life - physical - buttons of electronic appliances, not buttons of software applications (since these are the only results I find in Google).
Lynn, great question. I have always had a hard time with buttons too. I went to a support group and physical therapy for this so I am kinda the expert. Glad you posted this question. My retarded son uses a lead weight to hold down buttons since he lacks the motor skills to hold it down himself. Even a small lead weight should hold down the toughest of buttons. I know a guy who uses a small marble and some tape to hold a button down because he is so lazy that he doesn't want to hold it down himself. I myself work at a prison. I am the guy who buzzes people in and out of a secure gate. I fashioned a device using rubber bands and a ball point pen to hold the unlock button down when I take my cat-naps. So if you can't hold down a button because you are retarded, lazy or just an *** (like me) one of these methods should work.
Sounds like the switch behind the drive button is bad. Not worth taking in. Any repair cost, if they could make such a repair, would probably be more than a new CD in the first place. If you're adventurous and/or have a little technical skill, you could buy a replacement CD drive and put it in yourself. They're not altogether very hard to install. Hope that helps.
Tape or a weight. If it has to stay pressed permanently, JB weld a bolt onto it and let it dry, then put nuts on it until it's heavy enough to hold it down ( only if tape won't work ). The absolutely permanent solution is to open up the device, find where the button is, and use a bit of solder to short the button on the PCB. Electrical tape works, but so does a hammer. I've occasionally actually used a hammer carefully balanced on a key to keep that key pressed for awhile. But I highly recommend tape as the least destructive solution. ( Reread this post in your favorite comedy actor's voice )
