Slot loading cd question

It looks like mine is about to die.
someone is trying to sell me one for 60$ on a list...
he said it is:
slot-loading Apple brand module I got off
Craig's list, supposedly for a G4 TiBook 400 MHz.
believe it is a combo drive; DVD play/CDRW
its model # is CW-8121-C The Brand is Matshita.
Does anyone know if this will fit? Or where I might find out?
thanks Laura

Laura Drew1...
Below is a website that sells Apple OEM type of drives for your slot loading iMac. MCE, second link below, carries more pricy upgrade Combo and SuperDrive units.
http://www.wegenermedia.com/imaccd.htm
http://www.mcetech.com/
Disclaimer: I make no money in my suggestions of other website offerings.
...Ron

Similar Messages

  • Slot-loading DV Display/HardDrive seize up

    I am posting a conversation I have been having with a discussion board user, as I think it will be useful for others
    On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 4:46 PM, <**@**.com> wrote:
    Hi Richard:
    I've just been reading an exchange you had with someone named Graham in the UK about his iMac going black and becoming unresponsive. After a series of exchanges, you finished up (I think) with:
    That can be a possibility. If it was the CPU temp that's causing this the entire logic board would have to have come loose or perhaps the conductive paste has dried out/failed, unlikely.
    So upshot. In my experience the part that fails in these G3 iMacs is the PAV (The board you see when you look down from the top it's under the CRT and drives the monitor section. The logic board derives power from the PAV via down converter).
    The shutting down is a classic symptom and the most irritating.
    Others: No start - power light blinks or turns amber, video gets wonky - color shifts or size variations, sparks arcing sound, native screen is dark but external monitor works fine (not on option on your 350, no external spigot). This is why I've got 7 or so iMac G3s in my basement. Mostly 350s since I was given around 20 of them and I repaired and donated most into the inner city. The ones left have PAV problems.
    Wacky upgrade options:
    I'm especially interested because here you mentioned the other main symptom I've noticed in my own version of the same problem: the "arcing sound" which I've been hearing almost from the start of my issues. Everything else almost mirrors his, except the time for the symptoms to kick in has reduced to less than 10 minutes.
    I thought it might be the drive, so I've tried 2 different hd's, and it happens with both, and I tried running the iMac (400jhz slot loading) just off of CD, and it shut down then too!
    Obviously, I've been inside the machine to replace the drives, with my teenage daughter's help (my eyes aren't so hot). I'm going to check for this OS X temperature software and see what it tells me. I did run a RAM checker, and it said it was all fine, so at least I know it's not that. I tried to get a version of Apple Hardware Checker for it (or whatever it's called) but it said the iMac DV would not run the software.
    Do you still have those . . . PVA's? This machine is a perfect print server and backup hd and work stereo, and we have enjoyed tinkering with her in the past. If it wasn't TOO complex, I'd like to give it a try. I showed my daughter how to solder a battery cable onto a tester circuit board, so if that's the kind of thing we'd need to do, I'm game.
    Let me know, and I'm looking for a temperature checker right now. Oh yea, and Tricia Helfer DOES look pretty hot.
    Carey
    On 18-Feb-11, at 8:37 PM, spudnuty wrote:
    Hi Cary,
    the other main symptom I've noticed in my own version of the same problem: the "arcing sound" which I've been hearing almost from the start of my issues.
    That arcing sound is almost always the flyback transformer. That is on the PAV board which is basically the entire upper half of the computer. Here's a site in England where you can download the Service Manual for your machine.
    http://www.macmanuals.co.uk/
    So since you have a 400 MHz machine it's one of the more desirable machines since it has firewire. 400 to 700 had them. As I mentioned in my post I would pull the logic board and transfer it to a working 350. If you look in the manual swapping the board is simple. Then again around Chicago these G3 iMacs are sold for $25 or less. Don't know the situation where you are.
    I used to repair these but they've become so cheap that the board swap is now my chosen path.
    Richard
    On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:22 PM, <**@**.com> wrote:
    Richard:
    I guess this shhould've been on the discussion board so others could see it, but I'll just ask one more thing before looking into the manual:
    Remember, I've swapped a harddrive and memory, but board changing is something I've never tried before:
    So, are you saying that the PAv that might be creating these issues, being such a large part of the computer, should just be abandoned, and the logic board swapped into a 350 because of it's simplicity? Does the logic board contain the 400 mhz processor and firewire hookup, or would those be left behind on the 400 iMac's PAV board?
    I'm looking at the manual, and you're right, pulling the logic board does look pretty simple, but I haven't found the answer to the above question yet, so I'll send it to you.
    I emailed this to you because the original post a over a year old, and I wasn't sure you'd still be watching the discussion boards. Next time, I'll just 'trust to the boards', though I've only received 2/5 answers through it over the years.
    Thanks again.
    Carey
    On 19-Feb-11, at 6:17 PM, spudnuty wrote:
    Carey,
    So look at the pic I enclose. It's from the service manual.
    So you've had the machine apart to this point, from here it's just the removal of the 10 screws to remove the logic board and down converter. They plug into the upper part via a couple of connectors. There could be a few plastic rivets that tie the board to the divider panel.
    Does the logic board contain the 400 mhz processor and firewire hookup, or would those be left behind on the 400 iMac's PAV board?
    That's all on the logic board.
    Basically the iMac is a CRT display and speakers with a logic board underneath with the optical drive and the hard drive.
    The board on top is called the PAV board ( power analog video) i. e. video power supply for a computer monitor. Power comes from that board and comes down to the "down converter" which changes it to logic board power, basically 12V and 5.5V DC. (These boards have been run "headless" but now not worth the trouble)
    So your path from here will be determined by what kind of donor iMac you find. It must be a slot loader and the chances are it will be as fast or faster as your current machine.
    Richard
    On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:17 PM, <**@**.com> wrote:
    Hi Richard:
    Well, despite your own circumstances with blueberries and strawberries falling from the computer sky, I've gone on 4 different user forums and several different 'used things for sale' websites, and so far the closest I can come to getting a used imac is having one shipped from the next province (about 500 miles) for about 50-60 bucks, or possibly one in the city which the poster said they wanted 200 bucks for. I've had no reply to my email to them, yet.
    Would you be willing to sell me one of those PAV boards, if they're still kicking around? I would think the shipping would be much less than the whole darned computer.
    If you don't still have them in piles around you, I may just have to turf the iMac entirely for budgetary reasons.
    I guess with the much smaller population, the proliferation of iMacs is similarly reduced. There's only about 3 million people in Alberta, which is where I am.
    Let me know.
    Greatly appreciate the information connections you've made for me.
    Cheers
    Carey
    On 22-Feb-11, at 1:17 AM, spudnuty wrote:
    Hey Carey,
    Well I was forced to leave all of my iMac G3 parts with a recycler in Chicago when I moved.
    I actually found one here in Pocatello (town of 60K) for $25 so maybe you can find the same thing. I don't have a PAV board and they are very hard to swap out, don't think I ever did it.
    So, thinking a bit more about your situation, since you're using it as a server, when it fails does it absolutely freeze up? On the 400 you can attach a VGA monitor to the spigot under the perferated oval grill under the bottom rear. The monitors can fail in these and still produce power to run the logic board. Around here you can get a cheap LCD 15" monitor for around $25. A CRT type you can probably get for free. So if you're lucky it can still work that way.
    There were people who ran a logic board headless, but most of these are out of date:
    Here's a few:
    http://www.applefritter.com/node/2241
    http://www.cryogenius.com/hardware/imac/
    a translation of the classic French mod:
    http://www.hardmac.com/articles/39/page1
    Soo hopefully yours will fail and just the CRT will be involved.
    Here's hoping...
    Richard
    <Edited by Host>

    Perhaps one of your RAM modules has gone belly up. To test this, remove both RAM modules and start up. If the RAM is the cause of the problem, the computer will respond with a complaining chime, and of course go no further. But that will indicate the RAM is cause, and you can go to the next step; try to start up with just one of the RAM modules installed - either one. If that gets you nowhere, try the other one.
    If the problem is not bad RAM, it is beyond my expertise to help. Sorry.

  • Safari problems on iMac G3 slot-loading CRT

    I'm posting here because I haven't been able to get a satisfactory solution to the problem on the Safari discussion board. Here goes.
    I recently upgraded my son's iMac DV (A G3 processor) to OS X 10.3.9. Was having trouble launching Safari 1.3. It would start to launch and then quit. Here's the chain of events of fixes I've tried:
    1) Machine -- iMac DV (G3) w/ slot loading drive -- was running OS 9.2.2 I tried to upgrade it to 10.3 with Panther discs. It told me I needed a firmware update, which I installed, then upgraded from the disc. Firmnware is now listed at 4.1.9f1 (Anybody know if this is as it should be?)
    2) I then upgraded further with a 10.3.9 Combo download, which installed Safari 1.3. However, when I double-click the Safari icon, it won't open. Nor will it allow me to upgrade to 1.3.1 or 1.3.2.
    3) I then downloaded Safari 1.2 again and re-installed that. That seemed to work and at least allowed me to get on the Web. But now, I'm back at version 1.2.
    4) I tried repairing permissions. No go.
    5) In desparation, I performed an Erase and Install of the system software from the Panther discs and got it back to 10.3.9 via the combo download. It then allowed me to update Safari to 1.3.1 and then 1.3.2, but it still won't launch.
    I did the same thing to my daughter's iMac G3 and it all went fine. Only difference was, I was upgrading her from OS 10.2.8 and when I did, it did not ask me for a firmware update.
    Any suggestions anyone?

    Jamie,
    Not being sure of what was suggested in the Safari forums....a few questions.....
    * When you were able to get Safari to 1.3.1 did this open ok and just not 1.3.2?
    * Not sure if it will help much but did you try trashing the Safari .plist file after downloading 1.3.2 (found @ ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Safari.plist) to see if that would help?
    * Have you checked out Dr. Smoke's X-Lab FAQ for Multiple applications quit unexpectedly or fail to launch?
    Personally, I doubt the firmware update (and yes that is the correct version you are showing) is to blame for the Safari failure but someone else may see it differently.
    littleshoulders [:-)

  • Upgrading iMac G3 400 DVD slot-loader to Tiger

    My iMac's hard drive is dying and have purchased a brand new Seagate Barracuda 7200 8MB cache 120GB ATA IDE hard drive on eBay to replace it (haven't received it yet). Also am going to replace the PRAM battery and add 256MB of RAM. The Mac currently only has 64MB of RAM in it!! Will add more RAM when I can afford to...
    I have checked the System Profile before the hard drive gives up the ghost and the firmware will need updated. The Mac has OS 9.0 on it. Had to buy a OS 9.0 full version disk on eBay (to install on the new drive) and happened to find the 9.2.1 update CD at a garage sale last year! Have downloaded the 9.2.2 update from the Apple website.
    After I replace the hard drive and install OS 9.0, the 9.2.1 and 9.2.2 updates and the firmware update, here is my question:
    Can Tiger be installed after the above installations, or would I have to install Jaguar (that's the other version of OS X I have on hand) before Tiger can be installed?
    I want to use the iMac as an "all-in-one" DVD player for the most part. Tried playing a DVD on it before the factory hard drive started messing up again, but it couldn't find the video card or something. Am sure the hard drive is losing files as it's slowly dying...
    Thanks.
    Strawberry iMac G3, 400 Mhz, 64MB RAM, 10GB HD, DVD-ROM (slot loading) Mac OS 9.0.x
    Strawberry iMac G3, 400 Mhz, 64MB RAM, 10GB HD, DVD-ROM (slot loading) Mac OS 9.0.x
    Strawberry iMac G3, 400 Mhz, 64MB RAM, 10GB HD, DVD-ROM (slot loading)   Mac OS 9.0.x  

    Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions. 
    It's far better to start your own thread then resurrect one from the end of last year - if you do you'll get several opinions.
    10.2.8 is a useable OS and if you have no legacy OS9 applications then you don't need to keep the OS 9 System Folder or Applications (the former of which allows OS X to run Classic mode). Just delete them. Before you delete OS 9 boot in to it ( Apple Menu > System Preferences... > Startup Disk ) and ensure that you have installed this firmware update (link). Technically it is required prior to OS X but will cause serious harm if you go above 10.2.8 without it. After that you can delete OS 9.
    This iMac is going to be a pretty lean and not so mean iMovie machine. You might wish to consider giving her the full 1Gb of RAM and 128Gb Hard Drive.
    regards
    mrtotes

  • Inserting a CD into Slot-Loading Drive

    I'm new to Mac. I just bought a latest MacBook a couple days ago. I have a question about slot-loading drive. I'm not really familiar with this drive. Once, I tried to insert a CD. I forced my cd, but the surface didn't let my CD go inside. So, I just tried again, just like swiping my credit card. Then, my CD went inside. Is there any specific instruction to insert a CD into this drive?

    Thanks for your answer.
    (Actually, I made a mistake here.
    I should not ask this question here because I don't have an original MacBook.)
    However, I still feel that it's not that simple.
    As you said, I held the CD by edges, and the CD is level with the drive bay. If I try to slide the CD into the drive directly, the CD doesn't really get inside very easily. However, If I push the CD from the right edge of the drive bay and move the CD to the left while pushing it to the drive bay, the CD finally gets in, and the drive will take it. This is why I was about to break my CD.

  • Imac (slot loading) won't boot from CD

    Hello,
    My imac (350 MHz G3 blue coloured) does not want to boot from a CD. I need to erase the hard drive with the Disk Utility but it will not start up from the CD. I held down the "C" key at startup and it keeps flashing the question mark symbol at the grey screen. What can I do?
    Can I use open firmware commands? I already tried reset-nvram and reset-all but that didn't work.
    You see I better give the background info here:
    I removed the original 9 GIG hard drive and replaced it with a blank 80 GIG drive. I thought I could then format it from a startup CD and then reinstall the OS. No luck. It doesn't boot at all from the CD.
    Then I tried taking out the hard drive again and this time I installed OS 10.1.5 onto it from another computer. (It is the only appropriate OSX I have.) I then put the hard drive back into the slot loading imac and hoped the imac would like it and boot up. Again, no luck.
    Any suggestions,
    can I use some magic open firmware commands?
    Did I not install the hard drive correctly? i.e. are you not supposed to just remove and swap hard drives with imacs? I just followed a pdf instruction manual - didn't take than long.
    How can I make this imac boot? (Its stuck on the grey screen with the flashing question mark.
    Thanks!

    A Jumper is meant a little -mostly- black plug that connects two pins of your harddrive. That Pins are next to the connector where the cable is plugged into. There you have two pins for Master, two for Slave and two for Cable select. You must select Master in a 350 MHz to get the HD working.
    Just ask someone in a Computer store to help you with the Jumper.
    By the way, my 350 is the only iMac I have seen which doesn't even take a notice of presseing "C" at startup. I have to press the Option (ALT) key and select the CD Rom from the boot up menu. Everything else is ignored...

  • Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive

    question can i use my slot loading 8x super drive to light scribe my cds i know i may have to down load lightscribeapplications_1.18.15.1 pkg but im wondering if it will even do it if i download the pkg ,im still seriously learning about my new imac thanks for all the help if it wasnt for this forum and macmost now this imac would make a very painful to look at paper wieght...... scary thought and although apple support is very unfreindly with calling them and asking questions oh sorry cant do that my warranty is expired this forum is where i get most of my help thanks again everyone the help is very useful

    It does not appear that it would work - see this explanation from LaCie (they make external burners, some with Lightscribe drives) - you not only need software, but you need special media AND a Lightscribe drive:
    http://www.lacie.com/us/technologies/technology.htm?id=10024

  • Graphite slot-loading G3 iMac drive failure

    Hi. My G3 Graphite slot-loading iMac hard drive died this past week, or at least I thing it did. It has the original hard drive in it and is at least 10 years old,maybe more. It is a 60g drive with 2 partitions: 50g for OS X and 10g for OS 9.2. Now I hardly ever use the OS 9.2 partition, but I just never got rid of it.
    It's the OS X partition that failed. I was working on it this past Saturday and I notice it was acting strange and slow. It froze on me twice and I was force to shut it down both times by pressing the white glowing on button on the front. Well, after that second restart is when the trouble started. I heard the start-up chime and that was it, just a gray screen for a long time, then the question mark and then, after several minutes, it booted into OS 9.2.
    The OS X partition was completely unavailable. The only way I was able to see it was to boot the G3 in target disc mode and attached it thru firewire to my G4 iMac. In Disk Utility, the OS X partition came up as an unmounted drive. Disk Utility could not verify or fixed it. So I tried Disk Warrior 4. Disk Warrior was unable to fix it. So I purchased Prosoft Data Rescue ll and a new internal hard drive.
    Data Rescue ll was able to recover all my files, but with some errors. So, I went and purchased a hard drive enclosure, put the internal hard drive in it, had Data Rescue II clone the entire G3 hd, and then had Data Rescue recover from the clone, with the same results. Prosoft support decipher the error messages to be reporting that some data was missing. Still waiting to hear from them exactly what that means.
    Now I wrote all that to get to this question: If a partition fails on a single hd, does that mean the whole drive is bad? I thought that when you drive fails, you would not be able to see any of the partitions on it. Obviously, I'm going to replace it with the new internal drive that is currently serving as my clone drive. But, I was just wondering how this drive failed. I was going to try and see if I can reinitialized it and if so, reinstall OS X and see what happens. Or do you thing that is a waste of time? As i write this,the G3 is running in target disc mode and the drive sounds fine, not making any noise what so ever. I was wondering if this is an actual drive failure or somehow, when I rebooted the system folder got so damaged that it put the partition in the state it is currently in.
    I'd like to know becuase, if I can just reinstall OS 10.4 and have access to that partition, I could back-up all my files that way and possibly have no missing data.
    So any insights would be greatly appreciated!

    Is the OS X partition installed at the beginning of the hard drive? If so, that's the area of the platter(s) that has seen the most usage over the years, so it may have developed surface damage, affecting the reliability of reads and writes. This wouldn't necessarily cause a difference in operational noise coming from the drive. One partition may continue functioning normally, while the other one occupying a bad area of the drive continues to have errors. The problem with copying files from a quirky drive is that you can likely duplicate the same corrupted files as were found on the original. If time is of no consequence, you could erase that partition and install Tiger again, but I'd use the original installer disk and not clone from the problematic partition. I had a 40 GB drive in a beige G3 that would cause unexpected system hangs. Because Drive Setup's Test Disk function and NDD's Media Scan would hang after a few minutes into the process, I estimated the problem area to be within the first 2 GBs of the drive. My solution was to create (3) partitions, with the first one set to 2 GBs, and the second and third partitions equally dividing the remaining drive capacity. With Drive Setup, I de-selected the "Mount on Startup" option for partition 1, so it disappeared from the desktop. I installed the OS on the second partition and designated the third for file storage. With that partition configuration, the G3 never had the unexpected system hangs that had plagued it previously.

  • Can't install OS 8.6 on iMac "DV" (400) Slot Loading?

    I have an iMac "DV" (400) Slot Loading that I am trying to install the original system on (8.6, if I'm not mistaken). It has 128 mbs of RAM, a 10 gb HD, and currently no system installed on the hard drive. I have updated the firmware to 4.1.9.
    The problem is that the iMac won't boot from the install CD for me to do the installation. The iMac used to have OS 9 installed on it, and when I tried to run the installer with the computer booted from 9, it told me it couldn't run on this machine. I believe I have the correct installation CD. I have also tried a couple of other installation CDs, and neither 8.5 or 8.6 will boot this computer.
    Is there a way I can get 8.6 installed on this machine with the 8.6 CD, or is it just not possible for me to install 8.6 any more?

    Hi Jon
    Load the install CD into the Mac then power off (with the CD still inserted), on rebooting but before the chime, hold down letter C on the keyboard, that will boot from the install CD to let you do a system install.
    You did not note whether you had other programs/files on the iMac that you want to keep, but if not, I would suggest that you do a complete "clean install" by re-formating/initializing the HD, then install the OS.
    I would also suggest that you partition the HD into 3 (or more) partitions, 1 for the main system, 1 (or more) for your other programs/files and 1 for a "back up system", the logic being the main system is your default "boot-up" while the "back-up" system is what you boot to do maintenance/de-frag etc on the main system with a utility such as Norton's Utilities or similar.
    I would also suggest that you have a copy of Norton's (or similar) on both systems, that way you can "chop and change" systems to do the maintenance. Proper maintenance/de-fraging cannot be done to the "boot-up" system that you boot from.
    Hope this is of some help.

  • Can't install OS 8.6 on iMac DV Slot Loading - firmware?

    I have an iMac "DV" (400) Slot Loading (http://support.apple.com/specs/imac/iMacSlotLoading.html) that I am trying to install the original system on (8.6, if I'm not mistaken). It has 128 mbs of RAM, a 10 gb HD, and currently no system installed on the hard drive. I have updated the firmware to 4.1.9.
    The problem is that the iMac won't boot from the install CD for me to do the installation. The iMac used to have OS 9 installed on it, and when I tried to run the installer with the computer booted from 9, it told me it couldn't run on this machine. I believe I have the correct installation CD. I have also tried a couple of other installation CDs, and neither 8.5 or 8.6 will boot this computer.
    Is there a way I can get 8.6 installed on this machine with the 8.6 CD, or is it just not possible for me to install 8.6 any more?
    Could the firmware update be preventing me from booting from 8.6?
    Thanks,
    Jon
    iMac "DV" (400) Slot Loading   Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier  

    http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25517 shows that later releases of the same iMac came with 9.0 through 9.0.4. Those that did can't use an 8.6 install disk.
    You can sometimes plug in the serial number of the Mac in the http://www.apple.com/support/ search engine at the bottom right hand corner of the page where it says to do so, to get an idea of how old the Mac is.
    Knowing that date, will tell you the likely operating system to have been installed. Since 9.0 was released in October 1999, a date after October 1999, would indicate the Mac can't boot 8.6.
    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS9

  • Memory upgrade on an old iMac G 3 without Slot-Loading

    Hallo, i have got an old imac G 3 233 Mhz without the slot loading option and i would like to upgrade my memory, what do i have to do for installing the memory and where do i find it, i've no user manual of this computer and i did'nt find one for the old model from 1998
    Pleas help

    Welcome To Discussions Rebecomp!
    See if this iMac: Installing Memory (1 of 2), has the info you need.
    Good Luck!
    ali b

  • Help! My slot-loadi​ng drive will not take discs/d-dr​ive not being read.

    I have a Toshiba Satellite U505-S2975.
    When I try to insert a disc into my slot-loading disc drive, the drive will not grip onto the cd and suck it in. Nothing happens at all. Also, I noticed that the d-drive was not showing up under my computer. Does anyone have any possible solutions to this problem?

    I tried the solution and it didn't work also, I have windows 7.

  • When trying to download apps on my new iPad I keep getting prompted to update my security questions for my safety. When I choose this option it freezes and won't load the questions, however, when I hit not now it won't let me download. What do I do?

    When trying to download apps on my new iPad I keep getting prompted to update my security questions for my safety. When I choose this option it freezes and won't load the questions, however, when I hit not now it won't let me download. What do I do?

    Reboot your iPad and then see if you can set the security questions.
    Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider - let go of the buttons.

  • Optical Drive/slot loading drive not recognized by imac G5. HELP US!!!!!

    We have an imac G5 that is maybe 14 months old. I know for a fact that the slot loading optical drive on the side has been used for three things in the entire time we've owned it. That's THREE TIMES in 14 months and now it's as if the drive doesn't exist on the computer. I've gone into the system profiler, it says there is no drive, try to put in a cd, no resistance, no noise and it doesn't even try to suck in any disc. Has anyone else experienced this? Have you figured out what to do? I can replace the drive myself, it's not hard but can someone recommend a good quality drive cause I'm not paying through the nose for parts from apple only to have them crap out on me.
    I feel ripped off!

    We have 3 right now having problems. 1 just went into the ITech store to have a CD removed. 1 will not even accept a CD anymore and the other just makes awful noises and scratches the CD. These have been minimally used also. They said the Optical Drive is bad on the 1st one. Of course, we are 1 month past our warranty! I think Apple should be backing this but when I called about it they didn't want to help me. Even saying I had not registered them even though I had documentation from them saying I had. I know the feeling of being ripped off. Our company has purchased 20 of these in the last 1 1/2 years. You think we would get a little bit of help from Apple being we have purchased so many of their products in the last 20 years.

  • Optical Drive/slot loading drive not recognized by imac G5. HELP

    We have an imac G5 that is maybe 14 months old. I know for a fact that the slot loading optical drive on the side has been used for three things in the entire time we've owned it. That's THREE TIMES in 14 months and now it's as if the drive doesn't exist on the computer. I've gone into the system profiler, it says there is no drive, try to put in a cd, no resistance, no noise and it doesn't even try to suck in any disc. Has anyone else experienced this? Have you figured out what to do? I can replace the drive myself, it's not hard but can someone recommend a good quality drive cause I'm not paying through the nose for parts from apple.
    I feel ripped off!

    We have 3 right now having problems. 1 just went into the ITech store to have a CD removed. 1 will not even accept a CD anymore and the other just makes awful noises and scratches the CD. These have been minimally used also. They said the Optical Drive is bad on the 1st one. Of course, we are 1 month past our warranty! I think Apple should be backing this but when I called about it they didn't want to help me. Even saying I had not registered them even though I had documentation from them saying I had. I know the feeling of being ripped off. Our company has purchased 20 of these in the last 1 1/2 years. You think we would get a little bit of help from Apple being we have purchased so many of their products in the last 20 years.

Maybe you are looking for

  • Problem in creating EJB and WebService using complex class structure

    Hi All, My requirement is like : I have a class with very complex structure. I have also used external .jars. Now when I have created an EJB with a method's return parameter as above class. But when I am creating a Webservice, it doesnot allow me to

  • % Scale bug in Preview

    i have been experiencing a bug in preview where changing the entry in SCALE (i.e. entering actual numbers into the "Scale" dialog does nothing). I if I enter 50 or 75 or 200 it does not matter as preview will simply print at - apparently it will simp

  • Lumia 620/920 with Nissan Navara integrated Hands ...

    Hi all My wife's Lumia 620 is causing a real problem with the (integrated) hands free in her Navara and I suspect my 920 will be the same (haven't checked yet) as they both support HFP 1.5. Specifically dreadfull transmission sound quality, the sound

  • Error message Hkey_Local_machinesoftwareclassesquicktime.qdefaulticon.

    A number of times, I have attempted to download music from the ITunes store. It asks me to upgrade to 7.5. At the end of the upgrade, it stops and I get the error message in the subject. Anyone experience something similar? Any suggestions on how to

  • I edited RAW files as DNG's and need the xmp files- are they embedded in the DNG files?

    I was editing for someone else and the like the xmp files to see the RAW adjustments- I edited them as DNG because that is how I'm used to doing it. Now I know but they want me to supply the xmp files which did not write. Is there a wat to do this or