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Aug 9, 2008 6:36 AM
by: Evan Forman
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My Optical Drive will not eject/door will not open..
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Jul 2, 2008 8:51 AM
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Ok, not sure why.. but all of a sudden, the eject button on my keyboard will now allow my Drive door to open and the tray to slide out. I tried to remove the drive and manually push the eject button and that worked. I placed a DVD in and it read fine, and I was even able to eject it using the keyboard eject button, but when I went to close the drive after this successful eject, it would not close!!!
Do I need to re-install the drivers? is there a config issue, any ideas?
thanks
Sam
Mac Pro / 8GB / X1900XT / 4.5TB RAID 0 / 2x Velociraptor boot / 20"& 30" Display
Mac OS X (10.5.3)
G5 Dual 2.5GHz, iMac Core Duo, 2 Macbook Pro
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Re: My Optical Drive will not eject/door will not open..
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Jul 2, 2008 9:11 AM
in response to: SJS
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Ok, answered my own question, for the info of anyone who might experience this problem... here it was:
I removed and re-installed the drive while cleaning the computer out of dust (I used compressed air).. When I reinstalled the drive, I didn't plug in the drive into the 2nd part of the cable, but instead I did the first part which is intended for drive 2.. the power cable interestingly is meant to go the other way.. go figure!
Mac Pro / 6GB / X1900XT / 4.5TB RAID 0 / 2x Velociraptor boot / 20"& 30" Display
Mac OS X (10.5.3)
G5 Dual 2.5GHz, iMac Core Duo, 2 Macbook Pro
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Re: My Optical Drive will not eject/door will not open..
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Aug 8, 2008 1:55 PM
in response to: SJS
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Could you please clarify this a bit more? I'm having similar problems after replacing the drive in our G5.
20" iMac Core 2 Due
Mac OS X (10.5.4)
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Re: My Optical Drive will not eject/door will not open..
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Aug 8, 2008 10:22 PM
in response to: Evan Forman
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The top optical drive should use the connector at the end of the flat cable.
Mac Pro (Early 2008)
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Re: My Optical Drive will not eject/door will not open..
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Aug 9, 2008 6:36 AM
in response to: Malcolm Rayfield
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Ah--I don't think the ribbon cable on this machine has more than one connector. Thanks though.
20" iMac Core 2 Due
Mac OS X (10.5.4)
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