While helping a friend install some software on her 1st-generation 400MHz G4 PowerBook, I ran into a problem: the CD drive made a terrible noise while accessing the installer CD, then about halfway through the installation the CD spun down to a stop, and after that the drive kept making noises like it was trying to spin the CD but couldn't. When I tried to eject the CD, it didn't come out. I finally got it out using the paper-clip method. A second try had the same result. I suspect all this was because the installer CD had a paper label on it, making it thicker than a factory-pressed CD, resulting in friction that was too great for the drive's motor. I remember reading about such problems with the DVD/CD drives in the original TiBooks; does anyone know if there is any kind of extended warranty from Apple for this? This TiBook, of course, is well beyond its standard one-year warranty.
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