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FYI: Unable to access CD-Rom, here's the fix
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<blockquote data-quote="IanCT" data-source="post: 62609" data-attributes="member: 6074"><p>Today my kids complained "the computer's broken" which is a common occurance when they screw it up, but today was different. No matter what, I couldn't open a CD, I put one in and it didn't even show up on the desktop. I tried booting from the OS 9.1 CD-ROM, wouldn't boot. Though I could hear it spin up when I put one in the drive.</p><p></p><p>Reset the CUDA. Took is apart, I took the CD-Drive in my hands for inspection, no loose cables. Just pressed the CUDA button for 15 seconds, but it together and up she came.</p><p></p><p>Some people probably already knew this, but after 30 minutes of troubleshooting I'm glad I didn't have to get another drive off eBay or something.</p><p></p><p>I've reset the CUDA before for other things, but never because it couldn't access the CD-Rom.</p><p></p><p>System Profiler didn't even see it on the ATA cable. Opening Apple CD Player says the Extension for CD/DVD wasn't loaded, although it was checked in Ext. Manager.</p><p></p><p>Just thought I'd share.</p><p></p><p>This is an iMac Rev A G3 233 MHz</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IanCT, post: 62609, member: 6074"] Today my kids complained "the computer's broken" which is a common occurance when they screw it up, but today was different. No matter what, I couldn't open a CD, I put one in and it didn't even show up on the desktop. I tried booting from the OS 9.1 CD-ROM, wouldn't boot. Though I could hear it spin up when I put one in the drive. Reset the CUDA. Took is apart, I took the CD-Drive in my hands for inspection, no loose cables. Just pressed the CUDA button for 15 seconds, but it together and up she came. Some people probably already knew this, but after 30 minutes of troubleshooting I'm glad I didn't have to get another drive off eBay or something. I've reset the CUDA before for other things, but never because it couldn't access the CD-Rom. System Profiler didn't even see it on the ATA cable. Opening Apple CD Player says the Extension for CD/DVD wasn't loaded, although it was checked in Ext. Manager. Just thought I'd share. This is an iMac Rev A G3 233 MHz [/QUOTE]
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