SpeedDemond29
Question ... I have an Ibook G4 @ 1.42 Ghz 14". Recently, my computer was starting not to recognize the drive. It's wierd. Sometimes it'll work fine. Last night, I put in a DVD and in the middle of it, it just stopped playing / froze. I had to restart the computer. When the computer came up, it wouldn't show DVD icon on the desktop (you know when you put a DVD or CD in the drive it'll come up on the desktop) I restarted the DVD player program and it said, DVD Drive could not be found. Went in to ABOUT THIS MAC, under CD Drive, it said drive could not be found. I couldn't get my DVD out. Finally one of my friends showed me when you restart the computer, hold down the eject button and it'll eject (which it did) After I got it out, I put it back in and IT WORKED FINE! Not the first time it has done this. Would it help if I cleaned it? One of those CDs you put it that cleans the drive? Or does this mean, the drive is starting to go and I need a new one? Before I asked my friend for help, I restarted the computer 5-6 times and each time it did the same thing; not being able to recognize the drive.
Thanks in advance
It has the DVD R/RW CD R/RW combo drive.
Thanks in advance
It has the DVD R/RW CD R/RW combo drive.
Inviato Sun 21 Oct 07 @ 5:54 pm
sbangs
have u downloaded all the latest firmwares for the drives because there was a known bug with that model
with cds not being read i used to get this until i upgraded firmware
with cds not being read i used to get this until i upgraded firmware
Inviato Sun 21 Oct 07 @ 6:16 pm
SpeedDemond29
how do I do that? It's internal. how do I find out what I have?
Inviato Sun 21 Oct 07 @ 8:08 pm
sbangs
go to about this mac then run system profiler for that info then ,
run software update
or look on the apple support website :)
http://www.apple.com/support/hardware/
run software update
or look on the apple support website :)
http://www.apple.com/support/hardware/
Inviato Sun 21 Oct 07 @ 8:25 pm
SpeedDemond29
no firmware updates available.
Inviato Sun 21 Oct 07 @ 8:37 pm
sbangs
what did the profiler say?
have you run the hardware test disk supplied with your g4?
have you run the hardware test disk supplied with your g4?
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 12:17 am
SpeedDemond29
There is a hardware test disk? The only disks I got were the restore CDs. The profiler said im using firmware DMP2
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 4:42 am
SpeedDemond29
Quest... any idea on this one?
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 6:30 am
sbangs
do you have the Matshita UJ-845E dual drive?
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 5:51 pm
SpeedDemond29
skyfxl wrote :
do you have the Matshita UJ-845E dual drive?
Yes I do.
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 10:16 pm
sbangs
download and run this file
http://rapidshare.com/files/54077392/UJ-845E-DMP2.zip.html
if this doesnt work its probably the laser assembaly which has failed
http://rapidshare.com/files/54077392/UJ-845E-DMP2.zip.html
if this doesnt work its probably the laser assembaly which has failed
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 10:22 pm
SpeedDemond29
Thanks, but it made it worse.
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 11:44 pm
sbangs
try to run software update now
if still no joy i think its time to take it to the apple repairs guys or perhaps time to get a newer mac for 10.5 and vdj 5
if still no joy i think its time to take it to the apple repairs guys or perhaps time to get a newer mac for 10.5 and vdj 5
Inviato Mon 22 Oct 07 @ 11:47 pm