cd drive ejects when bootup

mrdinh · Nov 12, 2008, 02:03 PM

my macpro desktop cd drive sometimes ejects when i turn on the computer...why does it do that?

djjclark · Nov 12, 2008, 03:50 PM

any chance you are holding down your mouse button or does that not work now days?

mrdinh · Nov 12, 2008, 08:03 PM

nope..not holding down anything

ThirteenXIII · Nov 12, 2008, 08:32 PM

hm....nothing in the drive? and isnt selected as a start up item? (you dont have windows installed on your machine by chance?)

try a SMC reset (unplug all cables to the computer; mouse keyboard monitor firewire/usb etc) for a few minutes then plug back in and then do a PRAM reset

COMMAND OPTION P R all at the same time right before the apple/grey screen appears. then it will reboot and chime again.

OrangeSVTguy · Nov 12, 2008, 10:20 PM

My G5 does that when I live my DVD-RW disc in there. It spits it out on startup. Is your CD tray empty or do you have a disc in it?

Nov 12, 2008, 02:03 PM	#1
mrdinh macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2007	cd drive ejects when bootup my macpro desktop cd drive sometimes ejects when i turn on the computer...why does it do that?
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Nov 12, 2008, 03:50 PM	#2
djjclark macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2008	any chance you are holding down your mouse button or does that not work now days? __________________ MacPro (early 2008) 2.8 Ghz Quad core, 8800GT 500 GB WD, 500GB Seagate
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Nov 12, 2008, 10:20 PM	#5
OrangeSVTguy macrumors 68040 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeastern Ohio	My G5 does that when I live my DVD-RW disc in there. It spits it out on startup. Is your CD tray empty or do you have a disc in it? __________________ *010011110111001001100001011011100110011101100101010100110101011001010100011001110111010101111001*
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Nov 12, 2008, 08:03 PM	#3
mrdinh Thread Starter macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2007	nope..not holding down anything
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Nov 12, 2008, 08:32 PM	#4
ThirteenXIII macrumors 6502a Join Date: Mar 2008	hm....nothing in the drive? and isnt selected as a start up item? (you dont have windows installed on your machine by chance?) try a SMC reset (unplug all cables to the computer; mouse keyboard monitor firewire/usb etc) for a few minutes then plug back in and then do a PRAM reset COMMAND OPTION P R all at the same time right before the apple/grey screen appears. then it will reboot and chime again.
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