I had this on my last macbook after a superdrive firmware update and ended up replacing the drive.
-Adam On 26 Nov 2008, at 23:52, Stuart Dunkeld wrote: > > My Macbook has today decided not to accept any CDs or DVDs: they go in > reluctantly (they don't get 'sucked in' like they sed to), don't spin > up, and then get spat back out. I tried "helping" one in, but then it > got stuck and I had to reboot holding down the trackpad button to get > it to eject. I'm thinking small-boy-induced hardware failure, is there > _anything_ I can try before putting it in for repair? > > (Incidentally, I've tried sharing my iMac's DVD drive and then > connecting from an instance of WIndows XP in VMWare (which is where I > need the disk) but when I access the machine I only see the shared > printer - I've tried connecting by \\192.168.1.125\stuart (which is > the correct short account name) but Windows claims not to be able to > find the address and doesn't prompt for authentication like it should > do) > > --stuart > > > Adam Field ----------------------------------------------------- W: http://www.adamsmindspace.com W: http://www.men-talhealth.info W: http://www.sussexrospa.org.uk Keep your computer secure by getting a mac. Visit http://www.apple.com/uk/getamac/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
