I recently bought an emac and it has all the correct requirements needed to run Leopard 10.5 but every time I put the Leopard DVD in the optical drive and close it, it just reopens. The computer says that it can read DVD's so why does it keep spitting the install DVD out?
Thank you in advance!
Hello & Welcome! 🙂
What is the 2z691-****-A num,ber on the Disc & it's color please?
Hello! The number on the Install DVD under the version is 2Z691-6037-A and yes it is color.
OK, Disc should be the right one...
2Z691-6037-A Mac OS X Version 10.5.0 Leopard...
Compatible with eMac, eMac (ATI Graphics), eMac (1.0 GHz G4), eMac (USB 2.0), eMac (2005), iBook G4 (Mid 2005), iMac G5 17-inch (ALS), iMac G5 20-inch (ALS), iMac G5 (17-inch iSight), iMac G5 (20-inch iSight), iMac (Early 2006 17-inch), iMac (Early 2006 20-inch), iMac (Mid 2006 17-inch), iMac (17-inch Late 2006 CD), iMac (17-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Late 2006), iMac (24-inch Late 2006), iMac (20-inch Mid 2007), iMac (24-inch Mid 2007), Mac mini, Mac mini (Late 2005), Mac mini (Early 2006), Mac mini (Late 2006), Mac mini (Mid 2007), Mac Pro, Mac Pro (8-core), MacBook (13-inch), MacBook (13-inch Late 2006), MacBook (13-inch Mid 2007), MacBook (13-inch Late 2007), MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, MacBook Pro (17-inch), MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy), MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo), MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2GHz), MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4GHz), MacBook Pro (Early 2008), Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver), Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002), Power Mac G4 (QuickSilver 2002ED), Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors), Power Mac G4 (FW 800), Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors 2003), Power Mac G5, Power Mac G5 (June 2004), Power Mac G5 (Late 2004), Power Mac G5 (Early 2005), Power Mac G5 (Late 2005), PowerBook G4 (1GHz/867MHz), PowerBook G4 (12-inch), PowerBook G4 (17-inch), PowerBook G4 (12-inch DVI), PowerBook G4 (15-inch FW800), PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.33GHz), PowerBook G4 (12-inch 1.33GHz), PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.5/1.33GHz), PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.5GHz), PowerBook G4 (12-inch 1.5GHz), PowerBook G4 (15-inch 1.67/1.5GHz), PowerBook G4 (17-inch 1.67GHz), PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), PowerBook G4 (17-inch Double-Layer SD), Xserve, Xserve (Slot Load), Xserve (Cluster Node), Xserve G5, Xserve G5 (Cluster Node), Xserve G5 (January 2005), Xserve G5 (January 2005 Cluster Node), Xserve (Late 2006)
http://www.welovemacs.com/2z6916037a.html
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, report the version of OSX from that window, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware> and report this upto but not including the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: eMac
Model Identifier: PowerMac6,4
Processor Name: PowerPC G4 (1.2)
Processor Speed: 1.42 GHz
Number Of CPUs: 1
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 167 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.2f1
At the Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac, then click on More Info, then click on Hardware>Disc Burning & report what it says, like ...
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD
Hello, I thought it was the right DVD.
But here are the specs on the eMac:
Model: eMac
Processor: PowerPC G4
Processing speed: 1.0 GHz
Operating system: 10.2.8
Bus speed: 133 MHz
CD-ROM: CD/R-RW & DVD-R
Other than these specs I couldn't find anything else because I don't know how to work Jaguar that well.
But why does this computer keep spitting the Leopard Install DVD out everytime I put it in?
Thank you so much for helping me!
Hmmm, does it read other DVDs at all?
I tried playing a DVD because it has a DVD player built in but all it did was try to read it for a couple seconds and then it just spit it back out.
Does this mean it doesn't read DVD's? Because it says it does...
CDs & DVDs use different Lasers, voltages, & circuits, so it's easy for one part to work & not the other.
Long shot, but...
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
Oh, do you have another Mac witha working Optical drive that has Firewire also?
Ok, I'll try the PRAM reset. But yes I do. Can I install Leopard using my other Mac?
Ah great, we can use the other Mac as a Big Firewire Optical drive...
If you have another Mac with Firewire & a FW cable, put the Install Disc in the other Mac, boot the Other Mac into Target mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
Boot the eMac with the Option key held down, see if the Install Disc in the other Mac shows up as a boot choice.
Alright, where would I find the Install Disc in the other Mac as a boot choice?
Boot the eMac with the Option key held down, see if the Install Disc in the other Mac shows up as a boot choice.
Ok, so I tried this but only the eMac hard drive appears as a boot choice. Do you have anymore ideas?
Thank you for helping me again
And the other Mac wirh the install Disc in it is showing a big floating Firewire symbol???
Thank you so much! I did what you told me but what I did was I put the Leopard Install DVD inside the CD tray and shut it and held it in there with my hand so it couldn't eject itself. Then I booted it from scratch and held down the option key. When the boot menu came up it had both the hard drive as an option and the Leopard Installed DVD as one too!
Thank you for all your help!
Great news, good work, thanks! 🙂
Why does my emac optical drive open as soon as I shut it?
