Well, I put it back together and it still won't read anything. I've tried DVDs normal CDs blank CDs, nothing. So as a last ditch effort before I buy another overdrive I'm going to clean the laser with a qtip. If there's some kinda method if this please let me know. Everyone have a great new years!
Jake On Dec 31, 2011 1:46 PM, "Charles Davis" <[email protected]> wrote: > General inspection (leaking caps.) vacuum out 'dust bunnies', etc. > > Chuck > On Dec 31, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Jake Lumpkin wrote: > > 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. 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