Q: MacPro4,1 CD Doors on Chassis won't Open/Close
May 27 2016
I just bought a Mac Pro 4,1 (Early 2009) / 2.66 Ghz Quad Core Intel Xeon. It works perfectly but I’ve got a problem with my dual front panel drop down CD doors on the main chassis. Neither one will open when I hit the eject button on the keyboard. I have to help it down with the tip of a pen to get it to open and then the CD reader tray comes out and when the CD feeds into the reader, I again have to help the door to close. I removed the CD enclosure from the chassis to get a better look as to what was happening. It appears that the plastic frame housing which allows the doors to open or close, is somehow not seated properly, misaligned. My next thought was to remove it and inspect it more closely to see what exactly was wrong. I only saw one screw holding it in. I removed the screw but the entire plastic frame does not want to move at all, up, down sideways etc. How do you get the darn thing out of there?? I’ve looked on youtube and can’t find any hints. I’m not even sure what you would call the plastic part that mounts to the front chassis.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), null
Posted on May 29, 2016 6:06 AM