Re: PM G5 DVD Drive Problem

2010-12-27 Thread Eric Volker
Thanks, Jeff and Dan. Currently, the drive will not eject even if I hold the door open for it (and it's certainly not being a lady.) Also tried propping up the rear end with a nice thick book, no change. Looks like a new case would be around $60 + $30 shipping, plus a lot of disassembly. At this

Re: PM G5 DVD Drive Problem

2010-12-26 Thread Dan
At 9:00 AM -0600 12/25/2010, Eric Volker wrote: I've got a bit of a strange problem with my G5 tower. It's a dual CPU 1.8GHz model with 10.5.8 installed. Recently, my DVD drive stopped being able to eject the tray. When pressing the eject button, the drive would buzz and click, but wouldn't

PM G5 DVD Drive Problem

2010-12-25 Thread Eric Volker
I've got a bit of a strange problem with my G5 tower. It's a dual CPU 1.8GHz model with 10.5.8 installed. Recently, my DVD drive stopped being able to eject the tray. When pressing the eject button, the drive would buzz and click, but wouldn't eject. However, I was able to manually force the