[G4] Help: can't read internal CD drive

[Mike Tweedie]

Does ASP see it under X?

Mike

On 6/15/04 7:29 PM, "Eytan Bercovitch" <ebercovitch at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've noticed that my internal CD drive has stopped
> reading/recognizing CD disks when they are put in the
> internal drive. If I put a disk in, nothing shows.
> The drive does open and close as usual when I push the
> manual control on it.
> 
> I am running MacOSX 10.2.8.  I am running on a 400mz
> G4 of the Yikes (PCI) model with 728 mg RAM.
> 
> When I restart in OS 9.2 (which is also on my hard
> disk) the internal CD works fine, and reads disks
> normally. 
> 
> So this is not a hardware fault, as far as I know.
> 
> I have already run Norton Systemworks 3 and Disk
> Utility, and the problem remains.
> 
> My question is: Does anyone have any suggestion as to
> 1. Can you think of a way figuring this out and fixing
> it?
> 2. If that doesn't work, what else should I do?
> (please don't tell me do a clean reinstall of OX10.2
> except as a last resort).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Eytan
> 
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