[iBook] ibook G4 combo drive problem

[Clark Martin]

At 9:12 PM -0600 1/28/07, joe wrote:
>My niece has an iBook G4 (14" I think)--slot loading combo drive.  
>When she puts a disk in, it stays on the fast spin and never mounts.  
>The only way she can eject the disk is to restart the computer.
>
>Any ideas of what I should look at?   I was thinking to use disk 
>utility to see if it shows there.  Otherwise--maybe cables that 
>aren't fully seated?
>
>Should I start thinking to replace the drive?
>
>I haven't even looked at it yet.  I wanted to get whatever info I 
>could before I check it out.

First thing I'd do is clean the drive.  Carefully blow canned air in 
and/or use a CD cleaning disk.
-- 
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting

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