05-24-2005, 01:10 AM

My 17" g4 1.5ghz powerbook superdrive stopped working. It won't load a disc, and when I hold the eject button no logo shows up on the screen. Should I assume it's a power connection? What do you suggest? I don't want to send it to apple for a month or more, but if I ahve to I will.

05-24-2005, 01:19 AM

Originally Posted by gort

My 17" g4 1.5ghz powerbook superdrive stopped working. It won't load a disc, and when I hold the eject button no logo shows up on the screen. Should I assume it's a power connection? What do you suggest? I don't want to send it to apple for a month or more, but if I ahve to I will.

Have you tried resetting the PRAM?
Turn unit on
Hold down (I believe it's) SHIFT-CMD-P-R before the startup chime.
Hold it down until you hear two more chimes then release.

Once it boots up try your CD again.

Also try using Disk Utility in Apps > Utilities > Disk Utility to verify it sees the disk in the drive. It should show a mounted disc in the drive list in the upper left corner.

Good luck, let us know how you turn out.

05-24-2005, 07:36 AM

no luck for either of those. Any other suggestions? Is this something I can open up my PB and try to fix myself? There is no disc in the drive and I can't put one in. SEems there is no power to the drive.