On Aug 24, 2009, at 9:52 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > Someone brought in their G5 imac for me to check (she's got HD > issues), and I booted from an OS X DVD. When I rebooted, I held down > the mouse button to eject it and it kicked the disk right out onto the > desktop...is this common? I've never run into it... > Yep, I've got one right here by my left side that thinks it's a skeet machine too. Apparently this affected first-generation iMacs. To later models Apple added a kind of foam baffle between the drive and the case slot "fuzzy" which slowed down the disk's progress. Dunno, but that might even be an Apple service part that can be retrofitted. Another solution is to tape a little basket to the side of the iMac, which is what a friend did. My guess is that, when new, the "fuzzy" was stiff enough to permit retention of the ejected disk in the slot. Then, as time and use loosened up the "fuzzy", there was not enough friction to keep the disk from flying through the air. It's quite a shock when the disk comes sailing out and bounces across the desk that first time, isn't it? :^) Jim Scott --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
