[iBook] Installer/CD-DVD drive

[BG]

Re the DVD drive, best case loose connection to the drive, worst case 
dead drive.

When you say it wont open I assume this is a non slot loading drive, 
have you tried the paper clip in the manual open hole.

If there is no power to the drive( which would stop it from opening) it 
could be an issue on the Board level. I have not been inside any ibook 
yet so I don't know if it is all one board or if this a seperate board 
for power. If it is all one board you might check the serial # against 
the recalled ibook maybe you can talk Apple into a repair under their 
extended program.

As for the password easiest fix is to reformat the drive and star over, 
tough to do with the cd/dvd drive.

I am sure there are way around the password if you boot into the 
shell.... Anyone????

it is possible there is no password try leaving it blank and hitting 
the return. if your colleague never set one that might work.

Did he forget what is was?  If he ever installed anything it would ask 
for a password at some point.

I think if after three wrong tries you get a hint, if  one was setup. 
This might only apply to login  I am not sure.

BG

On Mar 3, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Ian Messenger wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I can't open my CD-DVD drive (it has just frozen - there is no CD or 
> DVD in the drive) and when I click on the DVD software I get this 
> message:
>
> DVD Player encountered a serious error.  A valid DVD drive could not 
> be found (-70012).
>
> Does this mean the drive has been damaged and that I need to take to 
> the repair shop?
>
> I bought my ibook second-hand from a colleague and I need to install 
> the new version of iTunes so I can use my new iPod shuffle.  The 
> Installer programme is asking for a password and my colleague has no 
> idea what it is.  How do I get around this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian
>
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