[Ti] DVD don't spit at me...

[Glenn L. Austin]

on 4/11/2003 8:28 PM, XXL at xxl at mac.com wrote:

> Yes, I have had that problem.  Can be for a couple of reason.. CD not clean
> is one. And in my particular drive, for some reason it occasionally fails t=
> o
> clamp the CD so it doesn=B9t spin and can't be read.
> I can pat the palm rest  a couple of times and sometimes it clamps. But
> sometimes it does not and the eject button will eject it. And sometimes I
> have to use a paper clip in the  manual ejection hole :(
> 
> I have not sent it for repair because it is rare and not too annoying.

I had the same problem recently, and it turned out that the antenna wire for
the Airport antenna had "come loose" and was interfering with the CD/DVD
spinning up properly.

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Glenn L. Austin <><
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