CD Problems after recent 10.4.11 Update

Recently updated to 10.4.11. Now CD Combo drive is acting erratically. Will not open using keyboard command key (at upper right of numeric pad). OPEN icon does not momentarily appear on display screen either. If I open the mirror door, the CD drive power light is solid yellow. Manually opening the drive tray w/ paper clip and inserting CD = no activity. Blinking green power light but CDs are not reading. Already tried disconnecting all USB devices except keyboard/mouse.
Is my Combo drive just starting to shoot craps?

Hi-
With that version of OS, the eject key must be momentarily held to activate eject.
Just tapping eject doesn't work anymore in 10.4.11.
As for the reading problem, try setting up a new user account with Admin rights, and see if the drive reads CD's.
If it does, then you just have a user account problem.
if not, it could still be software related, and running the 10.4.11 Combo update again may help.
If all this doesn't help, and if you have problems reading multiple types of discs, replacing the drive with a new one is easy, and only costs around $30.
You will have a much faster drive, with better support for new optical media.
The Pioneer DVR-116 and the Pioneer DVR-118 are excellent choices for replacement.
With any new drive, use Patchburn to gey full burn support through all applications.

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