iMac - iMac not seeing cd/dvd drive

live steam · live steam #1 (**permalink**)

09-16-2009, 11:40 AM

Don't use my drive much, but last night wanted to burn a cd for a friend and inserted the disk. Nothing happened and now cannot eject the disk. Looked at the hardware profile and it says no burning drive available. Is there a setting I should look at? Restarting the iMac didn't help. Maybe a driver was accidentally uninstalled or deleted?

technologist · technologist #2 (**permalink**)

09-16-2009, 11:58 AM

iMac: If you can't eject a CD or DVD or open the drive tray

live steam · live steam #3 (**permalink**)

09-16-2009, 12:36 PM

Thanks for the link. However my drive isn't even seen by the computer. No drive or disk icon available to drag to the trash.

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #4 (**permalink**)

09-16-2009, 06:10 PM

If System Profiler does not show the drive it may well be dead, or the IDE cable has become disconnected. Open her up and check the canle first thing. It is far easier if you provide the model details and we can then do a search for you and find the precise instruction s for getting to the DVD/CD drive.

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live steam #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 06, 2008 Posts: 17	09-16-2009, 11:40 AM Don't use my drive much, but last night wanted to burn a cd for a friend and inserted the disk. Nothing happened and now cannot eject the disk. Looked at the hardware profile and it says no burning drive available. Is there a setting I should look at? Restarting the iMac didn't help. Maybe a driver was accidentally uninstalled or deleted?
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technologist #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 30, 2004 Location: USA Posts: 4,744 Mac Specs: 12" Apple PowerBook G4 (1.5GHz)	09-16-2009, 11:58 AM iMac: If you can't eject a CD or DVD or open the drive tray
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harryb2448 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,086 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	09-16-2009, 06:10 PM If System Profiler does not show the drive it may well be dead, or the IDE cable has become disconnected. Open her up and check the canle first thing. It is far easier if you provide the model details and we can then do a search for you and find the precise instruction s for getting to the DVD/CD drive.
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