Folks
Many thanks for all of the current replies. To answer some of the points raised. It has a DVD Drive instead of CD ROM Drive. Apple hasn’t necessarily followed perceived logic in its models, its taken them an age to get around to a sensible approach. Around my model they gave a hobsons choice of burning CD’s but only reading DVD’s. The problem is when I insert any disc in the drive, its icon does not appear on the desktop, so there is nothing there to select and eject. Looking at the system through the Apple System Profile, the DVD Drive is shown, but with the message that there is quote, ‘No media inserted’ I had hoped that the disc would eject automatically when the computer either booted up or shut down, but to no avail. I have finally managed to remove the disc from the drive by sliding a card into the drive under the disc, and pulling it out. This grips the underneath of the disc and pulls its leading edge out of the drive, enabling me to grip the disc with my fingers and pull it out. I don’t really fancy messing about with the Mac to open it up, its not really designed for anyone other than Apple engineers to open it without damaging any of it. So the thought of changing drives let alone repairing the drive itself fills me with dread, such that I don’t really fancy trying it. On 14 December 2016 at 05:51, 'Gregg Eshelman' via Vintage Macs < [email protected]> wrote: > Insert a disc with the label oriented in a recognizable way. Wait a bit > after it's in, then eject. Does the disc come out in exactly the same > position? If so then the spindle motor is not working. The drive needs > replaced. If you feel adventurous, the motor can be swapped from another > drive that has a different problem. > > Clean the lens. That will involve removing the drive from the iMac, taking > its cover off then gently cleaning the lens with a cotton swab dipped in a > little unscented rubbing alcohol. > > If that doesn't work then the easiest course is to replace the drive. > > The whole laser sled assembly may possibly be swapped from another drive, > if the wires to it are not soldered at both ends. I replaced the one in an > XBox 360 I was given. Cost under $8 for a brand new one off eBay. Might or > might not be able to find a new one for the iMac drive. > > Is your iMac DV one of the CRT models? I had one which was built with a > plain CD-ROM drive. The only thing that made it a "DV" model was the > Firewire port. I would've thought that a computer marketed as being > intended for "Digital Video" use in the late 1990's would come with a DVD > burner, at the very least a DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo. I tried to find an > internal DVD burner for it but everyone wanted about 5x what the computer > was worth. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Barry Cross <[email protected]> > *To:* Vintage Macs <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, December 13, 2016 10:51 AM > *Subject:* iMac DV > > Folks > I have an Apple iMac DV that will not mount discs on its Desktop. > With a DVD in the Drive, Apple System Profiler indicates that there is ‘No > mounted media inserted’ > > Does anyone have any clues of how I can rectify this please? > > -- > -- > ----- > 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 vintage-macs+unsubscribe@ > googlegroups.com > 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 subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/vintage-macs/N9CPaCB0w1E/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- NHS Not For Sale: https://sites.google.com/site/nhsnotforsale/ -- -- ----- 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 subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
