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Mac OSX ejects all my CDs

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Apr 5, 2008
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It all started yesterday. There was a CD stuck in the drive that just didn't want to come out. I tried ejecting it through iTunes - no luck. I tried ejecting it through my desktop - no luck. I tried ejecting it with my keyboard - no luck. I finally had to reboot and right when the Mac started booting back up I held the eject button down on the keyboard and the CD finally ejected.

Now today, I have the opposite problem - any CD or DVD I put in the drive is immediately ejected. It is making NO attempt to even read the CDs - it just spits them back out. I tried rebooting and it didn't help. In fact, I've tried everything I can think of to keep the CDs in the drive (even holding my hand over the opening but as soon as I take my hand away it spits it back out). I'm at my wit's end.
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I'm using a Mac OSX V10.4.11.

If anyone can help me fix this problem, it would really be appreciated. Thank you.
 
If that's the case then its definatley a software problem. Not a good thing, but better than a hardware problem. Try resetting the PMU (Google it).
 
Shadow said:
If that's the case then its definatley a software problem. Not a good thing, but better than a hardware problem. Try resetting the PMU (Google it).
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Well, that would have been helpful if I were using a laptop. But not even apple.com has any info on how to reset the PMU on a desktop model.
 
Also a clue that it is software is that it ejected without difficulty before the OS got hold of control.

Create a new user and see if the same thing is happening in the test user.

And as has been asked: what kind of computer do you have? Not what version of the OS, what kind of desktop?
 
benmrii said:
Create a new user and see if the same thing is happening in the test user.
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I tried that, and it still ejected the CD, although it did seem to keep it in the drive for a few seconds longer (talk about getting my hopes up).
 
Me too

I'm sorry I can't help you.
But I thought it might give you a bit of comfort to know you're not alone.
I have the same problem
 
The good news is you have a tower. Really easy to work on yourself. Just find a new superdrive and swap it out. Its a totally different problem if you have an iMac.
 
lovemac125 said:
The good news is you have a tower. Really easy to work on yourself. Just find a new superdrive and swap it out. Its a totally different problem if you have an iMac.
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Apparently you didn't read the post correctly. He clearly states that he has an iMac G5, not a tower.
 
i'm in the same boat here, iMacG5. Just started today, doesn't read it - sometimes it will just pop out. When I put a DVD or CD in it makes a sound like it's rubbing, so i assume it's hardware not software :(
 
Mac OSX ejects all my CDs—but NOT my DVDs…

Please help!

I have an iMac G5 Power PC and I'm running OS 10.4.11.

Many thanks to you all! :)
 
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