Thanks everyone for your help. I took it apart bad cleaned the laser. Turns out that that was the problem! It wasn't as hard as I thought.
Again, thanks. Jake On Dec 31, 2011 4:16 PM, "Jake Lumpkin" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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