Quick Q regarding 10.5.8 & optical drives

We recently updated the Mac Pro's in our lab this past week to 10.5.8 and some of them since that dont eject the optical disk when its empty.
I noticed the same thing on my MacBookPro that when your press and hold the eject key it no longer makes the eject noise or the icon ont he display to appear...which is fine since it is a slot loading drive.
but this is occurring on the desktop machines with disk trays.
I was reading some with eMacs have similar issues.
just thought id check here..weve done all the resets and zaps etc...might ave to roll back to 10.5.7 for the meantime.
thanks

You do not need Time Machine but it is easy to use. Time Machine is integrated in OS X. You already have it and you don't have to purchase any additional software to use it.
The Western Digital My Book for Mac is an external hard disk drive. If you backed up your existing system using "clone" software then you have a backup. If you just dragged music files and photos to it that's a good idea, but that alone does not convey the ability to change your mind and easily revert to Leopard should you want to do that for whatever reason (you probably won't).
The My Book will work with Time Machine also. If you want to use "clone" software I recommend either of the following choices:
Carbon Copy Cloner ($39.95)
SuperDuper! ($27.95)
They are both far more customizable than Time Machine, but a new user may find the options confusing. On the other hand Time Machine has a user interface that consists primarily of this
... which tends to be difficult to misinterpret.
Each backup strategy has advantages and disadvantages. I use Carbon Copy Cloner and Time Machine. Their designs are completely different so using both conveys a high degree of redundancy.

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Well until the other day the CD-RW/DVD Drive in my Toshiba P20 laptop was working fine. Now however it isnt. Whenever I insert a disk into the drive the mouse turns into a spinning CD to show that it is reading the disk, however it finds no content on whatever disk I insert and it also says there is no disk inserted.
What should I do?
Regards
Martyn

Hi Martyn,
Your optical drive is covered by your notebook warranty as long as you do not change or remove it from the notebook.
The exact terms of your warranty may vary depending on which country you live in and any 'Sale of Goods' legislation that may be in force.
Typically the standard Toshiba warranty is a 'Return to Base' agreement under which you are responsible for getting the unit to a Service Agent, and also collecting it when it is repaired. However, you may find that the original supplier (the place from where you purchased it) may also be able to arrange the repair for you).
If you contact the Service Agent they will usually arrange for your notebook to be collected from you, but you will probably be charged for this.
Best of luck

Hard Drive Corrupted - No Disc or Optical Drive Available.

HI all,
Just looking for some advice. I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch) Early 2011. I think it was Snow Leopard installed.
Yesterday, the hard drive came to the end of it's life. During use the computer started to make a buzzing sound every two seconds or. I'm not an expert, but I would go with it being the hard drive.
I currently live in China & the internet is very slow, yet the only way to get to DU is via the internet recovery. I attempted to 'repair' the disk, but it syas the 'Macintosh HD etc etc is corrupted'. In your experience would you believe this siffucient evidence to place it at the door of a HD failure?
THe info on there, I can deal with losing. Hopefully I can somehow get music from my iPad back onto the new HD.
I will purchase a new HD & I feel competent enough to fit it in the laptop. I then have a couple of issues. I have left the OSX disc in England. I have no access to it. My optical drive is also broken after a student tried to put a mini-disc in there. That said, how will I be able to install an operating system? Is it possible to do via an imternet link, USB drive?
Unfortunately I cannot speak Chinese well enough to get an expert in. I would like to do this as quickly and cheaply as possible.
Please note, I have no access to the OSX discs & my optical drive is broken.
Thank you for any advice.
Regards,
Stuart.

Snow Leopard is installed only via a disk. You would have either get duplicate disks from Apple or find Snow Leopard disks that are for the EXACT same model as yours.
The other option is to try to clone Mavericks (10.9) into your MBP from another Mac. Downloaded from the Internet, Mavericks will have all of the necessary drivers for your MBP but I am not certain if that will be the case if another Mac is the source.
Ciao.

Unusual optical drive problem: Seeking advice.

The issue with my optical drive is not that it refuses to accept a CD, but rather it writes (visible) rings of inactive songs onto my audio disks. For a while, I tolerated the two or three songs in the middle of my CD that didn't play music, but the rings are getting wider and more songs are lost. My warranty is a good deal past expired, and I'm wondering if there is an affordable solution to my problem. I love music, and (remarkably) I prefer CDs to scrolling through my phone or iPod while driving. I have read several community posts and endless tech advice, but none of it seems to pertain to this specific MacBook affliction. Is this an issue that "cleaning" can solve, or will I have to go ahead and replace the entire optical drive? What else could be causing this problem, and how should I proceed?
Regards,
Abigail

Hi,
thanks for the quick reply - I have followed some of the steps here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2801
reset the PRAM and SMC unit. The problem is that the description says:
"The disc-insert cycle runs the motor for about 6 seconds."
My disk inserts (when it is about 3/4 in, the load mechanism takes it in all the way) but does not spin for any time. I hear an attempt, then
the drive spits the disk out.
Looking at this forum, I tried to blow some air inside the drive, no difference
and have found this:
http://muzso.hu/2008/08/17/how-to-clean-the-lens-of-a-slot-loading-optical-drive -a-macbook-pros-superdrive
which is mostly related to cleaning the lens while my problem is with the drive not spinning.
Do I need to open up the superdrive??
Also, thanks for the tip on AHT!
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Taking out the S430 optical drive

Hey!
I recently got my S430 and quickly realised that I don't have any need for an optical drive at all. I thought at first that I could maybe swap in a hdd but according to this thread, there is no such drive ;~;
Nevertheless, I would like to ask if I can simply remove the optical drive in order to just save weight. Would this leave a big hole on the side, or can I remove the outer edge of the drive and place it back on the laptop body to cover the gap?
Thanks for any assistance!

Hi,
That information is wrong. You can buy it http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Lenovo+S430&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nk...
To replace it there are three screws (two for the keyboard plus one for the caddy).
I know since I did just that. I don't even know why would I need a DVD RW.
Regarding the other question: if you just remove it, it will leave a huge hole on the side. And the DVD reader weight is almost nothing.
Cheers.
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How do I install OSX onto a new SSD (in the place of my optical drive) without transferring all data across. However, with the applications, system and library on the SSD to improve the speed, but keep non essential items (the home folder) on the HDD

I have a mid 2009 13 inch unibody 2.53GHz MacBook Pro. I'm finding that it doesn't run as quickly as it used to.
A genius in the Apple store suggested that I replace my optical drive with an SSD, however only use the SSD for OSX, applications, system and library. Keep all documents, pictures, music etc on the current hard drive.
I would be grateful if someone could help me with:
1) installing OSX on the SSD without copying across data from the current hard drive
2) transferring applications, system and library folders across to the SSD so that they still function
3) changing my settings so that OSX reads the home folder from the current hard drive, as well as all the applications' data (documents, music etc...)
However, I would like to run iMovie, with all events etc solely from the SSD to speed up the process of editing movies.
If anyone could help with this, it would be much appreciated.

If you got the data transfer cable with your SSD, the procedure should be pretty simple - and there should be step-by-step instructions in the box. You're simply going to remove the bottom case of your computer (using a Phillips #00 screwdriver), take out the two screws in the bracket holding the hard drive into place (using same screwdriver), remove the drive and (use a Torx 6 screwdriver) remove the four screws that hold the hard drive in place. Then put in the SSD and reassemble the machine.
Then you'll plug up the old hard drive by using the SATA to USB cable and use the option key to boot from the old drive. I don't know what data transfer software Crucial provides, but I would recommend formatting the SSD using Disk Utility from your old drive ("Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" with a single GUID partition) and then use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone your old drive to your new SSD (see this user tip for cloning - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-4122). You needn't worry about getting an enclosure since you have the data transfer cable and you don't want to use your old hard drive.
There are a number of videos on YouTube that take you step-by-step through this procedure - many specific to Crucial SSDs and their data transfer kit - do a little searching there if you're unsure of how to procede.
Clinton

IMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2010) - CPU and Optical drive fans rev up to 4000 rpm

Hello,
I just want to share my experience with my rather new Imac
I bought this Imac last April and I had the fans roaring after 2 weeks of light usage. I followed instructions like resetting the SMC, unplugging the imac and restarted.
However, I started installing other software like Paragon NTFS, VLC, Firefox and also Istat nano. This happened on a more regular basis and istat nano was showing up fairly normal temperatures - an average of 50° C and I had the CPU fan at 3800 and the Optical drive fan at 4200 rpms. According to apple support, at this temperature fans should be running at factory level or a bit more. Even when I stop all activity, the fans keep up and does not stop even after a couple of hours of inactivity on the imac. Apple support recommended that I reinstall macos on a new partition and run tests and during the tests, the only software I installed was istat nano and still got the fans going with the same result - required a shutdown to bring fans at normal levels and yet average temperatures were around 50 - 55 °C.
Eventually got apple to replace heat sensors - this did not help - still got the same unwanted result, fans reving up to 4000 rpm and not stopping and all that without going above 60°C. I was at the stage to demand a complete replacement but decided to give it another couple of weeks testing.
Last test, a complete reinstall of the OS and this time, without any other software apart from standard software delivered with the mac. Ran a few things like importing over 10,000 pictures with iphoto and some other stuff to increase activity - overall CPU usage was at 5% idle for a good few hours and could not reproduce the problem (istat nano was not installed, so I could not monitor temperature). I started installing Paragon NTFS for mac and ran the same scenarios and still no fans going crazy - putting my hands over the top of the imac, can feel a slight breeze...).
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Has anyone experienced this? I hope this is the cause of my problem because this mac is making my life easier at home compared to previous PC and also, I want to know that my hardware is not at fault...
I will keep you posted if I get the issue again - could be tempted to install istat nano and run the tests to see if the fans will rev up after this but not sure I want to go through another 4 days of just doing this...
regards
Philip

Hey nycbigapple2,
I'd run through the recommended troubleshooting steps for when your iMac runs slowly here:
OS X Mavericks: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH13895
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Take care,
Delgadoh

How do I open my optical drive without a keyboard

I'm running a Quicksilver Dual 800 G4, without monitor, keyboard, or mouse. I can access it using my MacBook Pro, and view it using Screen Sharing. I want to install software from a DVD onto the dual 800, but how do I open the drive to insert the DVD?
I have another Quicksilver (Dual 867 MDD) which has two optical drives, and on the status bar amidst the airport signal indicator, bluetooth indicator, etc is an eject symbol, which allows me to choose the optical drive I want to open. I have a keyboard connected to this machine, but as the facility exists in OS X to provide that functionality, how can I hack OS X to provide this option in the dual 800 with only one drive?

Thank you for replying. Malcolm (above) managed to provide the exact solution I was looking for at the same time as you were typing your reply, judging from the time.
I'm accessing the QS from my MacBook Pro (OS X 10.5), using a wired/wireless connection - the QS is wired, the MBPro wireless. At the moment they are about twelve inches apart, and I do have a keyboard to plug into the QS, but I'm hoping to set it up as a headless unit to take time lapse photos (using an iSight) and a clever script available here: http://gawker.sourceforge.net/Gawker.html
Once set up, I hope to access the QS remotely, as it will live in Birmingham, and I live in Bristol! So thinking as far ahead as possible, I wanted to set it up to be controlled as much as possible by me, even if my caretaker in Birmingham has to put a disc in the tray from time to time.
Again, many thanks!
kind regards
Andrew McDermott

Retrieve data from a Hard Disk That was connected to the optical Drive of Mac Book pro

Hi Experts
I have been using a Mac Book pro from 2011 (Early 2011 Model), In the mid of 2012 I have planned to upgrade, and bought a 240 GB SSD and 16 GB ram from OWC, Installed successfully and bought another 750 GB WD Sata Disk and connected it to the Optical Drive Bay of the Laptop, using the optical drive as an external device now
I was using the SSD as the main disk for all the applications and OS itself, and tranferred all the user library (iTunes Library, iPhoto Library, Documents etc..) to the additinal 750 SATA Disk,
Last week the Mag Safe cable has been worn out and seperated completely from the adapter, I tried soldering the cable again and it was working for two days, third day The machine stopped charging and it was working until the battery run out of charge,
Now I have bought a new Mag Safe Charger for 108 Singapore Dollars and it wont charge, read in iFixit Forums to change the Mag Safe DC in Board, so found a new part in singapore and replaced DC in Board myself, after doing this when I connected the new mag safe adapter, it fired the cpu fan for two second, I was able to see the green light the adapter and it stopped again and the green light wont lit up now
Removed the logic board from Laptop completely and tried connecting the Mag Safe Adapter I can see the green light,
So with all the above details, Iam confused whether its the Logic Board or the Battery that is giving me issue, I can find out the problem by contacting a Authorised service centre, but Iam thinking whether its is worth to repair it or buy a New Mac Book Pro ?, Because if I need to change the logic Board need to spend 900 Dollars + 100 dollar service charge
So I was trying to remove the 750 GB WD Sata Disk to see if I can get the data back so I can buy a new Laptop without worrying,
The real issue now is when I connect the 750 WD Disk using a sata to usb converter cable to my official macbook, it says the connected USB device is drawing more power than expected and it wont even detect the hard disk, Iam wondering why it cannot detect the hard disk even in the disk utility, is there any way to get the data back from the 750 GB WD Sata disk (which was connected to the Optical Drive Bay)
Your expert advice is much appreciated
Regards
Vinodh

Welcome to the discussions!
It sounds as if your disk was not correctly formatted to work with the Mac operating system. I suspect it was formatted in FAT32, which is primarily a Windows format. This type of format will not allow the disk to accept any files larger than 4GB. That's probably why you are seeing the crashes.
Connect the drive to your Mac and open Applications > Utilities > Airport Utility.
Click your disk on the left and click the erase tab on the right. You need to format the drive in +Mac OS Extended (Journaled)+. Formatting will erase everything on the disk.
Then you could try the drive again attached to your AirPort Extreme to see if that will do what you want.

Optical Drive no longer showing on C drive

Hi everyone,
My optical drive (CD/DVD) is no longer accessable, either via C drive or any other means.
The drive is still mechanically working, accepting and ejecting discs, but I have no meams of accessing it.
I'm thinking this is a driver/software issue and have tried to download drivers from HP but no luck.
My TouchSmart is an IQ512me (64 bit).
Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
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Please try Run now from the following link:
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/cd_dvd_drive_problems/en-us
also check the following methods:
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Mac Pro no longer recognizes Optical drives

I was working on my mac Pro and it suddenly restarted itself. After that happened neither Superdrive would be recocnized by the OS. Oddly it took a very long time to boot, approximately 2 minutes. I have a Apple OEM DVR-111PB and a Pioneer DVR-112D. I disconnected the drives and it booted normally fairly quick. So I tested the two on another mac and the DVR-111PB will not recognize anything put in it. The other one works fine.
So I just installed the DVR-112 only, in the Mac Pro and it took a while to boot up and it still would not recocgnize it.
I have zapped the pram, reset the SMC and attempted to reinstall the upgrade to 10.4.11 to no avail.
Any thoughts on why the OS is not communicating with the drives? I do get the -70012 "A valid DVD drive could not be found." error message when I tried to run the Apple DVD player.
I have an external firewire DVD and I'm thinking I may have to reinstall the OS from it.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

After getting into this a little further it is looking like it may be a power supply issue. I ran the extended diagnostic utility on an external firewire drive and everything passed. I measured voltage at the power connector for the optical drives and on the 12V side it is only getting 9.7VDC and the 5V side it is at 4.9VDC. As I mentioned in the OP the drives spin up and such attached to another computer. I'm wondering if the powersupply is going bad and the 9.7V isn't enough to run the drive. I hooked the DVD drives up to an external power supply while the data cable was connected to the mac and viola, the drive is recognized, actually both DVDs are recognized when hooked up in this manner. So essentially the DVD drives are OK as well as the ATA bus.
Now to the power issue. The power supply on the 12V side of the connector seem to vary all over the place, anywhere from 6 to 11.55 volts on the 12V side of the connector. The 5V side is a constant 4.9VDC.
I'll see what I can find for power supply diagnostics. I'm wondering if the 12V comes straight from the power supply or does it go through some voltage regulator on the main board to reduce the voltage to 12VDC. There are 4 connectors on the power supply marked PS1 through PS4. I need to find out what is what. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks.

My Pavilion g7 no longer recognizes optical drive.

Over weekend, notebook no longer recognizes DVD drive. Compuiter lists C: and its two partitions, Drecovery) and EHP Tools), but no DVD drive (I believe it was) H: When I put in a DVD, the drive spools up a bit, then stops. Auto-play does not work.
How can I get it to "see" the optical drive again?
Thanks.

Hi,
First, try the automated fixit from Microsoft on the link below.
Windows 7
Vista
Check if the drive is now listed and working.
If it still iit's still missing, click the Start Menu, open All Programs, open Accessories, right click the Command Prompt and select 'Run as Administrator'. In to the prompt type the following command and hit enter.
sfc /scannow ( note that there is a space between sfc and the / )
Let the process complete, then type exit and hit enter.
Next, click the Start Menu, open the Control Panel and click on Device Manager. Next click to open DVD/CD-ROM Drives. Right click the drive and select uninstall. Do not delete drivers if asked. When the device has uninstalled click on the 'Scan for Hardware Changes' icon ( usually just below Help on the toolbar ). Let windows reinstall the drive and see if it is now listed and working.
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Optical Drive doesn't read DVD's

Hi, I own an HP Pavillion dv7 1279wm entertainment laptop. It came installed with Vista, but I installed a free upgrade to Windows 7 that I got from HP. I had a problem where the drive would not read anything; the disc would spin, but eventually the tray would automatically open and tell me to insert a disc. After using Microsoft FixIt, I was able to read CDs, but encountered the same problem when trying to load a DVD. Previous to using Microsoft FixIt, I did use device manager to uninstall the drive and then reboot so Windows 7 would automatically update the driver. I'm thinking that means that it's not a software problem, but if you can think of anything else I can do (short of swapping out drives because I don't have access to another drive) to rule out it being a software problem please let me know. I realize that combo drives typically use different lasers to read CDs and DVDs, so my guess is that the laser that reads DVDs has failed. If that is the case, where can I find the correct replacement part and how do I install it?
Thanks,
Kevin

Hi Kevin,
If you eject the optical drive tray, you should see just one laser situated towards the centre of the tray - different voltages are applied to this depending on whether it's reading a CD or DVD.
First of all, use a soft, non abrasive material such as cotton or a cotton bud and gently clean the lens.
Check if this has made any difference.
If it still doesn't read DVDs, try following the procedure under the sub-heading 'Let me fix it myself' on the link below to remove the Upper and Lower filters, restart the notebook and see if this helps the issue.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982116
If it still doesn't read DVDs, the following procedure will test if your notebook can start from a bootable disc in the optical drive - the advantage of trying this is that it will rule out any possible Windows driver error as the CD/DVD drive is under the control of the Bios when starting the notebook. So if you find that the notebook will not boot from the DVD, then it's almost certainly a Hardware fault in the optical drive itself and it will need to be replaced.
Using another PC to create a Windows 7 Rescue DVD. Download the relevant ISO from the link below.
Windows 7 32bit
Windows 7 64bit
You need use an application such as ImgBurn to correctly burn the ISO to a DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. Once created, insert the DVD and then restart the notebook and see if it boots from this disc - if it does, let the first screen come up ( this will show repair options etc ) then just remove the DVD and restart the notebook. If the notebook will not boot from the DVD, it may just load straight into Windows.
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Combo / Optical Drive detected but not reading CD & DVD

Hi everyone,
Firstly, I apologize if this topic has been covered but I've searched up and down and couldn't find it.
I'm running the following computer:
G4 MDD Dual 1.42Ghz, 1Gb RAM, OS 10.4
My computer has been dormant for about a month now and last night I fired it up with the following problem: _Grey screen with spinning 'loading' icon and it wouldn't get into the desktop_
I managed to successfully boot to the desktop after I did a combination of the following:
1. Reboot in Safe Mode (Shift)
2. Reset NVRAM (Opt + Cmd + O + F)
3. Reset PRAM (Opt + Cmd + P + R)
4. Removed all 3rd party cables
I haven't used the Combo/Optical Drive for about a month now and I decided that maybe I should re-install Tiger. When I inserted the Installer CD, the Combo Drive (1st slot) just ignored it. Initially, Superdrive (2nd slot) also ignores all discs I inserted. After countless restarts, I managed to get the Superdrive to read the G4 Hardware Test CD.
I've done the following:
1. Finder preference is set to not ignore inserted media
2. Tinkered with the Optical drive by unplugging and plugging it back
3. Everything else I could find on the internet regarding troubleshooting it
4. Made sure that the cables are connected properly inside the computer
5. Ran the Apple Hardware Test CD and everything is OK.
6. Checked with the System Profiler and it detects both Optical Drives (1st slot = Combo Drive, 2nd slot = Superdrive).
Now the problem is:
1. Combo Drive does not read any inserted disc (CD & DVD)
2. Superdrive reads but spits them out soon after
3. I can't re-install Tiger
Any advice / suggestions is very much appreciated.

Hi David,
My computer has been dormant for about a month
Have you checked the PRAM Battery, they can cause strange things & last 4+5 years...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/BAA36VPRAM/
Combo Drive does not read any inserted disc (CD & DVD)
Opticals do go out, but 2 at once doesn't seem likely. What happens if you open Disk Utility then insert a Disc?
Have you tried a Cleaner CD in them?

Noise from Optical Drive?

Hello All,
I have a problem with noise in my optical drive. It keeps making "seeking" noises every minute that goes by. it sound like eek eek erk erk. LOL but yeah extremely annoying especially at night. BDAqua has the same drive as me, purchased from OWC:
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L:
Firmware Revision: SB02
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, -RW DL, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds
Also, Another problem, it will not sleep after 15 minutes of inactivity. I have set my power saving preferences to sleep the Mac after 15 minutes of inactivity. Both System Preferences and System profiler acknowledge this but the Mac just will not sleep.
System Power Settings:
AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 15
Dynamic Power Step: No
Reduce Processor Speed: No
Sleep On Power Button: Yes
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: Yes
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Wake On Modem Ring: Yes
Hardware Configuration:
UPS Installed: No
PS: by the way I have to manually sleep it. (pressing the power button on front of the machine, or touching the power LED on my 17 inch Studio Display with ADC.)
A little bit about my set up: I have a Power Mac G5 (specs are below), all that is connected to it is my 17 Inch LCD Apple Studio Display with ADC, I have an HP Deskjet 3520 Printer directly connected to the back of the Display via USB, and then I have a Bluetooth Aluminum Keyboard and Magic Mouse. I just got them last christmas. My Mac is connected to our Wi-Fi (NETGEAR WGR614v7) router via AirPort Extreme Card installed inside the Mac) and I have internet sharing set to share my AirPort connection via Ethernet (which is where my AirPort Extreme Base Station (802.11g) is connected) My APEBS is not using WDS, just setup like any other router, just the service is coming from the Power Mac G5 rather than a Modem. This is my make shift signal booster if you will. LOL. nothing else is connected to the Mac. no apps are open I log out (but still stay wirelessly connected to the router) and the Mac sits making noises all night long from the optical drive. Im running Mac OS X 10.5.8 If that helps. Also, if this is of any use?:
AirPort Card Information:
Wireless Card Type: AirPort Extreme (0x14E4, 0x4E)
Wireless Card Locale: USA
Wireless Card Firmware Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (4.170.25.8)
Current Wireless Network: Knice Wi-Fi
Wireless Channel: 1
Thanks In Advance.
—Matthew—

Hello peoples,
@BDAqua: Yeah, It burns fine. Fast as can be. no problems with burning, erasing, formatting, reading. On any media. Ive tried all types of blank and burned Discs this drive supports (yes I have no life LOL) and everything checks out A-OK.
A. Timleck wrote:
First of all you're NOT crazy.
Thanks! Good to know.
And it's awesome when I logged in here to write about this problem that you're note was here - I'm >not crazy either.
Awesome. I'm glad that nobody here is a pyscho.
My G5 Quad Core does this and it's annoying as... About every 20 minutes I get this "click click >clack" as the drive is checked for media. The machine is on 24-7 and doesn't have sleep enabled at >all, save put hard drives to sleep when possible.
Sounds exactly like my Machine. Go in the System Profiler and post your optical drive specs here please? Thanks in advance.
The thing is that it did this in my dual G5 that I had right before it - so I thought it was maybe >software (it JUST did it while I was typing this - it's TAUNTING me!).
Yeah same here my friend.
Like yourself it's actually in a place where, at night, though subtle, it wakes me up! I'm threatening to >go in there and pull the plug on the drive completely...
Tell me about it. My Power Mac G5 is right beside my bed. LOL Too lazy to leave my room to check my email and Facebook and stuff, LOL (even though I have my iPhone 3GS...) but I still like falling asleep with my iTunes on.
Would be interested to hear if you find a solution - this didn't happen on earlier G5s I had so what >gives....
Yeah I originally bought this drive for my modded eMac. But I didnt hear a peep, (probably due to the eMac being a tight all-in-one machine with so much other things PLUS it had the loudest fan in the world lol. It had two settings—On and Off—ridiculous) And yes I wuld love to find a fix. Not so much the sleeping as I like having my AirPort Extreme Base station online at all times anyway.
Regards.
—Matthew—

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