In the early days of CD's pushing the door closed by the door rather than the button was regarded as a bad thing because it would supposidly throw the tray out of alignment. If that was ever true or still is, is a good question.

PF

>>OTOH, wondering why bad things happen when you are not following recommended shutdown procedures is like wondering why it hurts when you bash your foot with a hammer.
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>Here's an odd one: I always close CD bays by shoving them lightly shut, not pushing the stupid little button that's hard to find with the bay open. One day, a LAN hardware fellow was around and gave me a lecture about doing that, like I was going to break it. So, "why would it close so easily by pushing, if they didn't want you to do it that way?" Fell on deaf ears...