Strange optical drive problem

[stampedeadam]

Hi guys, so, the superdrive in my G5 (I'm a poet and I didn't know it lol)... it works fine, it burns DVDs etc no problem BUT... every time I turn on the computer it ejects the tray? When OSX loads I can press the eject button/F12 to put it back in

So what's up with that? Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

Tray eject upon boot can be triggered by holding the mouse button down.

Boot without a mouse connected. What happens?

Could not being able to recalibrate be related?

 

[stampedeadam]

Well... it would seem that the drive itself is faulty. I've put the SONY one in from the other machine and it doesn't do this

That's a strange thing to go wrong isn't it!

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

I've been computing for a long time and I cannot remember ever hearing that a failing CD/DVD wold eject upon power up with a problem, but I am glad you found the problem.

Come to think of it, my 1.8GHz G5 has trouble mounting recorded DVDs. I think it, too, is failing.

 

[stampedeadam]

Best thing about powermac parts is that they are sooo cheap. Heck, it's almost as cheap to just buy an entire new powermac.

 

[Eriamjh1138@DAN]

Yeah, but the shipping just kills most deals!