Okay, just opened it up and unplugged the cd drive then re inserted it. Anything else I should do before I put the case back on?
Jake On Dec 31, 2011 11:29 AM, "Jake Lumpkin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Johnny, > > I went into the system profiler and found the cd drive that is installed > is a DVD-R/DVD-RAM/CD-RW drive. But the only startup disk is the hard drive. > > Jake > On Dec 31, 2011 8:51 AM, "Johnny Red" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Best is to open System Info and check what CD/DVD drive is installed. >> >> CD/DVD drives do not show up on disk utility unless media is in it. >> >> On Dec 31, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Camden wrote: >> >> > His drive didn't show up in the disk utility. It is either bad, or a >> cable came unseated. I suppose there could be an issue with the >> motherboard, or disk controller, but let's not think about that. >> > >> > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Charles Lenington < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> > On 12/31/11 1:14 AM, Dylan McDermond wrote: >> > On Dec 31, 2011 1:50 AM, "Todd Brayer" <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > >> > I never used 10.1, but doesn't it have a Startup Disk thing in the >> > control panels that you can use to have it default to starting from >> > the system disk? I don't see if you tried that or not. >> > >> > >> > >> > Open the cd/dvd drive door w/ your finger. copy the computer info listed >> > >> > it will look like >> > >> > 700 mhz 40 gig hd 512 meg CDrom >> > dvd >> > Combo >> > >> > what I'm looking for is the last item above. If you have a cdrom drive >> a dvd won't work in it. The early eMacs shipped w/ cdroms. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ----- >> > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >> group. >> > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and >> our netiquette guide is at >> http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To leave this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> > >> > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Sincerely: >> > Camden Stensland, A+ Technician, CCNA, MCP >> > .CAM Computer Services >> > Founder/President/Technician >> > Ph: 206.769.4585 >> > Alt: 206.632.4176 >> > [email protected] >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ----- >> > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >> group. >> > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and >> our netiquette guide is at >> http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To leave this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> > >> > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ >> >> -- >> ----- >> You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs >> group. >> The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our >> netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To leave this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs >> >> Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > > -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
