>My DVD drive started giving me problems back in January (about two weeks >after the warranty ran out). It would give me problems reading disks, >usually either freezing the computer or simply not mounting it. It seemed to >be fixed by changing back to 9.1 for a while, but still reared its ugly head >on occasion. When 9.2.2 came out, I upgraded without much problem, but the >problem still showed up on occasion. In the past two weeks, it got worse, >but this weekend, it went wild, in in the process of swapping CDs, it >stopped entirely, and hasn't read a CD since Friday. It seems to read DVDs >fine, but not CDs. From my explorations on the web, this is a common >problem. My question is this. What is the likelyhood of Apple fixing this >for me, or for my having to pay for this. It sure seems to me that it is a >manufacturer's defect. Am I correct? What should I do? TIA.
I've been reading the Discussions boards at Apple' site. This DVD problems appear to becoming more common, and the actually source of the problem is unknown. Some Pismo uses solved the problem with a CD/DVD drive replacement, others replaced the motherboard, some found that swapping two non-working drives worked again if swapped between machines, etc. However, there may be nothing wrong with your DVD, it may be the Prefs. The DVD preferences can become corrupted, allowing DVD's to still work, but crashing when CD's are inserted. Try deleting ALL the Preferences dealing with the DVD or CD Drive. - Ron. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
