Intel Mac :: Dvd Drive Is Not Working?
May 28, 2012my imac dvd drive is not working anytime I put a cd or dvd in and it tries to load for like one mintue and then just ejects
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Intel Mac :: Dvd Drive Is Not Working So Can't Install Os X
Jun 9, 2012other dvds are readable but not install dvd
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 27' i7 2.8GHz intel 4GB memory 2
Intel Mac :: Disc Drive On It Not Working Properly - Noise When Burning A Disc?
Mar 15, 2012My iMac is making the most terrible noise when burning a disc, and after two or three tracks are burnt it gives me an error message and then will not burn anymore?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
PowerPC :: Hard Drive Not Working / Logic Board Unable To Communicate With Hard Drive
Sep 9, 2009My PowerBook G4 (Alum) died. I've had it for 4 years, taken it with me to Alaska and all over the lower 48, and have had nothing but happy experiences. I knew she was gonna go, but I was hoping she'd hold on until I could afford a MacBook. Alas, no. The problem appears to be the ability of the logic board to communicate with the hard drive. I can hear the HD spin, but even with Disk Warrior, I cannot locate it. The Mac Geniuses at my local Apple store confirmed this and gave me a shoulder to cry on. I've run Disk Warrior, Disk Utility, and tried finding it using the target disk mode - no luck.
The problem is that I've got 4 years of teaching materials, 6000 songs, and irreplaceable pictures on the HD, so I can't bring myself to just trash it. It's true that you only fail to back up you stuff once. This is my once. I've heard that with PC hard drives, you can just drop the old HD into a USB HD box and use it as an external HD. I can't afford professional data retrevial, and I want to give this option a try if it'll work with a Mac HD. Any ideas or suggestions?
MacBook Pro :: DVD Drive Not Working?
Sep 26, 2010My DVD drive has been screwy lately -- it will play some DVDs, but not others -- perfectly good ones, even after having played the very same ones.
Also, burning CDs -- sometimes it will, sometimes it won't.
Is there any kind of maintenance I can do? (Can't afford to get a new one right now...)
Stats: MacBook Pro, first generation. OS 10.4.11
Mac Pro :: 2nd Optical Drive Not Working?
Feb 23, 2008Ok, so I've got a Philips DVD R/RW drive and I want to put it in my Mac Pro. I put it in, hooked everything up, but it won't open for me (opt. + Eject, I know). It's set on cable select, but I've also tried it on slave with the stock on master. Anyone have any ideas? I'd like to get this working as soon as I can.
PS, when I wake the MP from sleep, the light on the second drive blinks, but nothing else.
Mac Pro :: Second DVD Drive Install Not Working?
Mar 30, 2008I just installed the plextor px-760A dvd drive in the second optical drive bay in my new mac pro. I have set the jumper to cable select. After rebooting, both drives now dont show up at all - the apple installed drive and my new one are now not available.
I opened up the machine again to check the cabling to make sure its all seated correctly, then rebooted again - no luck. the eject button cant even open the original drive. i did a system profile and there was no dvd drive listed. I have an eject button on my top menu bar which shows "No Drives" if you click on it.
I am sure a couple of folks here have installed the plextor. what have i missed?
Mac Pro :: CD / DVD Drive Stopped Working
Jan 21, 2009I was installing X-Plane 9 on my fairly new Mac Pro when it stopped working. I switched disks and nothing happened, the drive just won't spin up. I have tried a number of different CDs and DVDs and none will spin up. I can verify that by looking at the position of the disk when I put it in and take it out, it never moves.I have tried the usual reboot and resetting the PRAM. (I did the command option o r and un-plugged with power button for 5 seconds)I tried calling Apple care 2 times and the message I get is, the call center is closed. That's it, they don't even tell what hours they *ARE* open.
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Feb 3, 2009I bought a 16gb usb flash drive about a week ago so i could use it for movies on my ps3. It was all working great however I noticed that after I used it in the ps3, I could no longer load videos on it (they would go on, they just wouldnt work).. So since this was a new drive I figured maybe i just needed to format it. I used the disk utility but i cant remember which setting i used to erase it. Once I erased it I successfully put a video on and put it into my ps3 to try. The ps3 couldnt see the usb drive anymore. so I put it back into the mac. and now the mac wont see it anymore. I tried putting it into a pc with vista, it recognized it but wouldnt let me format it or open it.
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Jun 16, 2012When I insert any cd into my cd drive it loads for about 10 seconds then it just spits back out. I have had my computer since Christmas 2011 and I have never had a working CD drive.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Intel Mac :: Using External Hard Drive As Both A Boot Drive And Timemachine Backup?
Mar 8, 2012My internal 1TB hard drive on my iMac is dead and I don't have the money to replace it at the moment. I have everything backed up on an external 1TB drive using Time Machine. As a workaround for the time being,Is there any way I can install the system on the external drive and use that as the boot drive without erasing the Time Machine Backups? It seems to me I would have to have two partitions for the external drive, one for the system, and one for Time Machine. But is there any way to add a partition without erasing the existing one with Time Machine only on it?
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Jul 5, 2012I was using Mail I have set up my email again, so I don't want to lose anything currently in my inbox, but want to retrieve old messages and addresses. Running 10.6.8 OS.
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iMac (27-inch Late 2009), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Intel Mac :: The Burn To The SuperDrive Drive Failed, The Disc Drive Didn’t Respond Properly
Jun 25, 2012why I get this message when trying to burn photos on to high quality discs."The burn to the SuperDrive drive failed. The disc drive didn’t respond properly and can’t recover or retry." I have just managed to burn some others photos perfectly fine.
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iPhoto '11, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Hardware :: USB Flash Drive Not Working
Sep 5, 2010So I have a 128GB flash drive that I bought on eBay a while ago that is no longer working. It had been working fine in both Mac OS and Windows, however it will no longer show up in Finder or Disk Utility. It does, however show up in USB Prober and System Profiler. In Windows, it won't show up but sounds are emitted when I pull it out or plug it in. Of interest, it is a Kingston drive but System Profiler lists the manufacturer as Alcor Micro.
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Sep 18, 2009 I just got an iBook from a friend to use for school. its running Mac OS X Version 10.3.9 - 800 MHz PowerPC G3. It doesnt appear to have the same settings as my iMac. For example when I go into my system settings it shows my start up disks as a file "..TOSHIBA.." I know this computer has been refurbished, but is this something that could cause the CD/DVD drive to not work?
Is there someway I can fix this problem myself? I would really like to get my CD drive to work. On some CD's I can hear it trying to read it but then spits it out shortly after...some it wont do anything. But the eject button works just fine.
MacBook Pro :: Working With Mbp And Flash Drive
Sep 19, 2009I have a new Macbook Pro and I also have a sandisk cruzer flash drive. I use a PC at work and when I brought the drive home to do some work on the Mac absolutely nothing happens. Be easy on me. This is my first mac and I am new at this.
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Jun 30, 2010So I bought a MBP i7 in May and I love it, Never had any issues with it at all. But I never used the DVD drive once until today. I wanted to rip a DVD with MacTheRipper. It didnt work. Rips fine on my new Mid 2010 Mac Mini...
So I tried to play the DVD with the DVD player app... just get a solid black screen... VLC, nothing.
Anyone else have any issues like this?
Software :: CD/DVD Drive Not Working On My IMac?
Sep 27, 2009 i was going to put an installation disc in my iMac. When i noticed that it would not suck in the disc. I tried pressing and holding down the eject button but nothing actually happened. I don't want to push the disc in because it will get stuck in there. The Apple Store is in the capital and i live about 332 km or hundreds of miles away from there so are there any tips?
-Korri.
MacBook Pro :: USB Drive Just Stopped Working
Mar 6, 2012My USB Drive on my Macbook Pro stopped working. I have done power downs, resets, and still not working. thinking a driver is not there. Running OS X 10.7.3 . Looking for some options before taking it to hardware repair for service.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), usb drives stopped working
Mac Mini :: DVD Drive Has Stopped Working?
May 8, 2012My DVD drive has stopped working.
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Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
MacBook :: 2006, Cd Drive Not Working?
May 12, 2012I have a 2006 Macbook and the CD drive has stopped working. Is this something that can be fixed? or would it be more cost effective to get an external CD reader? If a external drive is the better choice, what should I get?
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MacBook (13-inch)
MacBook Pro :: Cd Drive Not Working Or Responding?
May 31, 2012just today I noticed my cd drive isn't working at all. When I put a cd or whatever in nothing happens. also I spilld some V8 fruit juice on the keyboard and the cd drive still worked after that. but now it doesnt work. Anything that I can do?
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MacBook Pro (13-inch Late 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MacBook Pro :: Not Working Optical Drive
Jun 3, 2012since 2 days my optical drive makes one very strange noise every time in "wake it up" or turn it on. The sound is done three times. I realized today that now I'm not able to put a disc into the drive, instead of "absorving" the disc, the drive expels it.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
Intel Mac :: Upgrade The Internal Hard Drive To A SSD Drive?
May 27, 2012I have an iMac 24-inch 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo (Late 2008).
Is it possible to upgrade the internal hard drive to an SSD drive.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
Intel Mac :: Esc Key Not Working?
Feb 15, 2012My esc key does not appear to be working. I bought the aluminum (?) keyboard to replace the plastic keyboard that came with my 1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac. Since that time, the esc key has not worked. Do I need to download an update for the new keyboard? I am using OS 10.6.8.
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iMac (17-inch Early 2006), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Hardware :: Keyboard / Trackpad And DVD Drive Not Working Right
Jan 9, 2010So it is a macbook pro 4.1 model running leopard 10.5.8. The keyboard and trackpad don't always want to work. I have been using a bluetooth mouse with no problems though. The DVD drive doesn't want to accept a disk, when you put a disk in it keeps trying to read but stops and then wont eject.
It seems that if the computer is on for more then a hour the keyboard and mouse stop working. Sometimes after restarting the keyboard and mouse work again, but sometimes it doesnt. I was wondering if reformatting would help. If so can I reformat by using the DVD drive off a IMac sharing the drive to format the Macbook Pro?
MacBook Pro :: Hard Drive Enclosure Not Working?
Aug 28, 2010I went to the applestore and, after purchasing one to one, was turned down for a data transfer from my old macbook pro to my new macbook pro. The "genius" recommended that I buy an external hard drive from newegg and get some screwdrivers and do it myself. So I did, except (I think) he told me to get the wrong kind of external hard drive enclosure and now I'm just really upset because I went through the process and got the hard drive out of the old macbook pro perfectly. What do I need to (re)buy to make this data transfer work?
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Aug 31, 2010I recently purchased this Portable (iomega) 500GB hard drive. I just realized it only works on my Mac's USB ports, but not with my USB Hub. Does it exceed the power limit of the USB Hub? I don't see how it is possible, because I currently have nothing else plugged into it, and it uses a power adapter.
It worked with my old Hard Drive, which is big and uses a power adapter. Now it doesn't seem to work. Also I tried on just a USB adapter that makes the cable longer, still doesn't work. Only the MBP ports work! However, the hub works for things such as phone charger, and speakers right now.
PowerPC :: DVD/Optical Drive Not Working For An IBook?
Sep 10, 2010I recently got an iBook from a friend. He didn't want it. I took it home and I used the Recovery CD. Everything was going well. I used an audio cd on the iBook, the CD icon appeared on the desktop and it played it. On the other hand, the DVD did not work. I inserted the DVD the icon did not appear on the desktop.
I went to the Application Folder and went to the DVD Player application and it gave me a nasty message: MAC OS X -DVD PLAYER ENCOUNTERED A SERIOUS ERROR. A VALID DVD DRIVE COULD NOT BE FOUND (-70012
