Just to put the likelihood of a CD drive croaking into perspective... I have replaced four or five of them in the past five years while maintaining a fleet of four or five machines. My point is (sorry for taking so long to get here!) that it would not be at all unusual for a CD drive to fail. I mention it only because it may give you impetus to look into a cause that you otherwise might have dismissed as too remote.
Hope it helps. John --- Jack Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 17, 2004, at 7:03 PM, TJ Ciaffone wrote: > > > Sorry, if I was not clear. I used a CD-ROM drive > cleaner, with no > > noticeable > > success. Wish it were not so, though. > > OK, then that eliminates a simple possibility. Now > it gets uglier. The > hardware possibilities are the drive itself (they do > die) We had to > replace the CD in our Summer 2000 iMac. Cables, > logic board, etc.. > Since you say it does boot from the HD, and you've > done all the repair > permissions, zapped the PRAM, etc. then a hardware > problem may be the > culprit? > > If you are running OS X you might boot into the > single user mode and > run fsck just to see what it reports? > > Jack Russell > > > -- > The iMac List is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > iMac List info: > <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> > --> 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> 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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
