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One fix for non-functioning SuperDrive Feb 14, '12 D I think , experienced a long, slow decline in its performance, and finally it stopped working altogether. When I say 'stopped working,' I mean that it wouldn't recognize a disc: I'd insert the disc, it would spin around a little, make some chugging noises, but then spit it back out. I don't do much with discs, and since it's a 4. Anyway, that's when I stumbled across a solution: You take a clean cloth like a lens cloth for cleaning eyeglasses , drape it over something slim like a business card or a smooth plastic gift card, and plum the depths of your drive in an attempt to clean the lens.
Supposedly it's just inside the left boundary, but I plunged my improvised cleaner in everywhere I could, as deep as I could get it.
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I didn't use a brutal amount of force, but I wasn't particularly gentle either. Fair warning: I'm sure it's possible to somehow do horrific damage to something in your drive. If you have the time, patience, and money, I encourage you to take your non-functioning drive to a professional. But if you like to try to fix expensive hardware yourself, then this hint is for you. All the credit for this goes to Anar's post here.
I suppose as a last resort, if a drive cleaning kit doesn't help, you could try this. Just be careful. The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. This site is not responsible for what they say. One fix for non-functioning SuperDrive Authored by: PGB on Feb 14, '12 Good hint for the savvy owners of out-of-warranty equipment. That should be plumb , not plum.
Sammo on Jul 26, '12 Worked first time.
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Jan 18, 8: Jan 18, 9: Communities Contact Support. Sign in. Browse Search. Ask a question. User profile for user: AmitJindal AmitJindal. I am trying to insert a CD in the CD slot but the drive seems to be stuck. I suspected maybe there is already a CD but it does not seems so. How can I diagnose or fix this? Here's some more info: Machine Name: Mac mini Machine Model: PowerPC G4 1.
No Detachable Drive: No BSD Name: ATA Unit Number: Internal OS9 Drivers: Verified Volumes: Macintosh HD: Yes File System: D8PB Serial Number: Detachable Drive: No Protocol: Internal mymac: No Media Inserted mymac: This mac is currently under apple protection plan but I don't wan to use that unless its really broken.
Please help. More Less. All replies Drop Down menu. Loading page content. Boece Boece. This mac is currently under apple protection plan but I don't want to use that unless its really broken. This forum provides user-to-user support. I'm not aware of any Apple email-based support. Regarding the CD drive: Otherwise it can catch on the inside of the drive. Do you have reason to believe that there already is a disc in the drive -- other than that you can't insert a disc? Reply Helpful Thread reply - more options Link to this Post.
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Darian B Darian B. Any suggestions? What about the holding the power button while plugging it in trick? Thanks, d. AndyO AndyO. Apple Watch Speciality level out of ten: What trick is that exactly?! That's a part of the PMU reset procedure which applies to G4 minis, but can cause Intel minis to run the fan up to full speed constantly if done to them.
If it's the PMU reset procedure and you have a G4 mini, it is done thusly: Alternatively, if it's an Intel mini you would want the SMC reset procedure - the proper way to do it is: Sandyw Sandyw. I bought my machine with Tiger pre-installed, but it came with a Leopard disk. So first thing I did on the new computer was install Leopard from a disk obviously. Then I went to install some other software from a disk and the machine just kept spitting out the disk. What gives? It can't be a hardware problem. Antonio Serna Antonio Serna.
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There you will see the model number and the firmware. The person who first posted this question had a Matshita UJ firmware: As do I.
I have also had cases where I put in media and it seems to not appear on the desktop. I have been testing various CDr and DVDr media and posted an extensive amount of info on this post in the iMac G5 discussion even though my drive is in a MacMini My post discusses the attitude of this drive and goes to good lengths to point to some useful resources online help you solve problems with this drive.
I am finding out it that the drive is picky about what media it uses, avoiding and spitting out many a disc Read my post here: Let's see if they send me a reply, i'll follow-up if they do