imac g5 dvd player gone haywire

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imac g5 dvd player gone haywire

I bought my imac in january and the cd drive doesn't read 4 out of 5 dvds. It makes a funny grinding sound, as if the dvd is slipping or there's sand in the drive. I've tried cleaning the dvds and checked them for big scratches. No luck. And the dvds play just fine on my laptop.

Any suggestions for fixing this at home?

imac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Oct 18, 2006 10:23 AM

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Answer 1

Oct 20, 2006 12:41 AM in response to bigoakenbuns

If your Superdrive will read a Commercial Movie, and if we are taliking about a previously burned DVD then it sounds like MEDIA. The sound you here is the drive reading the lead in and checking for any encryption on the disc's youe are inserting.
Mac's Superdrive tend to be on the picky side when using cheaper Media. Most users expieriance little problems when using the higher quality media.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm
Hope this helps. Don't forget to repair permissions
Don

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Answer 2

varjak paw

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Oct 20, 2006 7:46 AM in response to bigoakenbuns

If you continue to have problem (or for future question), I'd suggest you try asking in the iMac G5 area. This forum is for the new Intel-based iMac which probably have a different model of SuperDrive.

Good luck.

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