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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / July 2006CD tray won't close
My friend's tangerine iMac has a lot wrong with it. Unfortunately, from 8000 mile away I can't cure the software problems that might be easily dealt with if I were in front of the computer. The latest problem is the that the CD tray won't stay in. I suppose this is most likely a hardware problem, a broken latch or the like - perhaps caused by using a paperclip to eject stuck disks once too often, but I am just wondering if it could be another software issue. Has anyone come across a software cause for this?  Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > My friend's tangerine iMac has a lot wrong with it. Unfortunately, from > 8000 mile away I can't cure the software problems that might be easily [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > am just wondering if it could be another software issue. Has anyone come > across a software cause for this? Tell your friend to make sure he isn't pushing too close to the eject button. I have an old iMac whose tray will not stay in unless I press well to the left or right of that eject button. You have to gently but firmly push it in to make it stay. I think it was like that even when new. > The latest problem is the that the CD tray won't stay in. I suppose this > is most likely a hardware problem, a broken latch or the like - perhaps > caused by using a paperclip to eject stuck disks once too often, but I > am just wondering if it could be another software issue. Has anyone come > across a software cause for this? It's definitely a hardware problem. I've encountered it three times, always on that same tray-loading CD-ROM drive used in Rev. A-D iMacs and clamshell iBooks. SignatureMike Rosenberg <http://macconsult.com/cafepress/> Net Junkie and Mac-themed shirts etc. <http://bogart-tribute.net> Tribute to Humphrey Bogart <http://cafepress.com/comedancing> Ballroom dance-themed shirts & gifts > The latest problem is the that the CD tray won't stay in. I suppose this > is most likely a hardware problem, a broken latch or the like - perhaps > caused by using a paperclip to eject stuck disks once too often, but I > am just wondering if it could be another software issue. Has anyone come > across a software cause for this? Well, for what it's worth, I've just had that problem with a 2001 iBook. It wouldn't stay closed with my DiskWarrior CD, which it has had many times in the past. I then offered it a 3" Rough-Guide-to-Venice CD, which I'd read from a couple of weeks earlier and which I thought might have been the most recent thing there. It accepted it, mounted it, and released it normally. It then properly accepted the other things I offered it. So I guess it might be possible that the iBook, despite several restarts and a new battery, might not have fully accepted what I'd done two weeks earlier! Which would make it software. SignatureHylton |
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