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drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY!                     Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6325 days |
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| So's I see this iMac in a thrift store. $75, looks like it's a good deal. Fire it up, it works, and I'm thinking it's still a good deal (blueberry, slot-loading, has OS9 on it and an AirPort option, but I don't know if that's just standard with OS9). So I pop a CD in (just a music CD), and it whines that it doesn't know what kind of CD it is and to either eject it or initialize (as in burning, so at least I know it has no less than a CD-RW). Eject does nothing. Mind you, the CD's playing this whole time. A few people are gathered around, and one notes that the keyboard doesn't have an eject button (because it came with the comp). No icon appears on the desktop, so I can't drag it into the trash and get it to eject that way. Upon the advice of someone else, I turn it off and back on again. Well, now the Mac's trying to boot from the CD and it won't start up. Here are the questions.
* How can I get the Mac to eject the CD? * Is this easily fixable? If not, I can bring it back no later than Sunday for credit. |
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paulguy Paragoomba Since: 06-29-06 Last post: 6338 days Last view: 6325 days |
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drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY! Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6325 days |
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Originally posted by paulguy Nope. It's a slot-loader, too. Specifically, this model. EDIT: The people at the store are morons. They said there was no hole, THERE'S A HOLE. So I bend a paperclip, stick it in, and out pops the CD. It's on the very right side, next to where you'd put the CD, so it's easy to miss. ANYWAY. I popped in another CD to see if it's just that CD... and it keeps spinning up and not starting up. Bleh. How easy is this to fix? (edited by drjayphd on 07-28-06 11:22 PM) (edited by drjayphd on 07-29-06 12:00 AM) |
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Cellar Dweller + Red Koopa   Since: 11-18-05 From: Arkansas Last post: 6334 days Last view: 6324 days |
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| I remember reading that some iMac drives had a bug in the firmware that, if a certian kind of copy protected CD is inserted, would cause the drive to spin up but fail to read the disk. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I remember reading that it would even damage the firmware.
I don't know if your model is affected, or the exact extent of the problem. |
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drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY! Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6325 days |
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Hope not. These aren't copy-protected. They actually date back to years before copy-protection (like, 1991).  |
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HyperHacker Star Mario Finally being paid to code in VB! If only I still enjoyed that. <_< Wii #7182 6487 4198 1828 Since: 11-18-05 From: Canada, w00t! My computer's specs, if anyone gives a damn. STOP TRUNCATING THIS >8^( Last post: 6325 days Last view: 6325 days |
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| If they can damage the firmware, though, that could have happened to the previous owners. | |||
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drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY! Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6325 days |
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Well, if that's the problem, I'm not fixing it. Just won a SuperDrive and 60GB hard drive, pre-loaded with OS X (10.4, no less!) off of eBay, so I'll make the switch. If I think I can get anything for the drive, I'll fix and sell it, but that's pretty much it for this drive. Especially after talking to someone at the Apple store and finding out that, in fact, it's just a standard IDE drive.  |
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Xkeeper Took the board down in a blaze of glory, only to reveal how truly moronical ||bass is. Since: 11-17-05 From: Henderson, Nevada Last post: 6324 days Last view: 6324 days |
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drjayphd Torosu OW! BURNY! Since: 11-18-05 From: CT Last post: 6327 days Last view: 6325 days |
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