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Hi everyone. My dad has an iMac late 2011 with Mac OS x lion. He has not used the machine for a while and the certification is out of date. He was unable to browse on the internet and occurring error popped up «Your clock is ahead of time» researched it and came to the conclusion that...

So, I've got a black Intel-based 13-inch MacBook, model A1181, and it appears to have a stuck disc in the optical drive. The problem is, the original hard drive in the system died and I can't install Mac OS X on the new hard drive because of the stuck optical disc. When I try to the install...

I have a CD which won't come out of the cd drive on my Mac G5. I've tried all the tricks - restart holding mouse, eject via disc utility etc., but it seems to be physically stuck, the drive tries to open but won't. How would I remove it from inside the Mac - is it a lot of bother? Mac G5...

So I'm aware that the rules for posting are use the search function first, and I have and have found many similar topics but nothing has work thus far. So here's the lowdown. I'm a PC user switched to mac after attending college and using Mac Pros daily for video editing. Bought the intel mac...

Gave my son an iPOD last Christmas, 8 GB, now running 1.0.3 software. Nano I think. Has worked fine until now. Unit seems frozen. Was finally able to restore the unit after several attempts following Apple procedure but wheel button does not provide control so we cannot even select language...

I have an imac g3 and the slot drive sounds pretty bad when trying to eject and the disc barely makes it out. Anyway to investigate/fix/replace? Thanx.

My son's asked me to fix the CD drive on his G4 iMac. It very rarely opens when you press the 'eject' button. I'm wondering if it's just a build up of dust, so I was wondering if anyone's had experience of this, and how easy it is to access the drive.

I have just received Leopard in the post. I put the DVD in my iBook G4 (2004) CD/DVD drive and nothing appeared on the desktop. Now I can't reject the DVD. I have tried F12, holding down the mouse and track-pad. I have repaired permissions, reset PRAM and PMU. The Leopard DVD is truly stuck...

I have a dvd stuck in my macbook drive. I've tried all the options on my computer and what is suggested on the apple.com support. It's the new 13" macbook and there doesn't seem to be a place to manually show a paperclip in like my older machines. Any thoughts?

so i was djing a party the other night and someone spilled hunch punch on my computer... yeah i was pissed. i got everything off of it fast, so it didn't effect my computer, i even cleaned it with anti-static stuff when i got home. problem though is now my spacebar sticks when i press...

Hi, I noticed that nearly everytime I put a CD or DVD into my macbook drive it gets stuck. I press the eject button, it whurs and wines and tries to eject the disk. It hits the top edge of the slot and is sucked straight back in again. This is quite anoying, and it might affect the macbook...

hi, I just instaled a new Hd to my Ibook G4, and now my CD drive seems to have a CD stuck in it, though the computer does not recognize that there's a cd in the drive. I'm not sure if there was a disk in the drive at the time the computer was desmatled, but now when I try to put in a new disk...

I am having a problem with my Powermac G5 tower, where the Power light is stuck on. I have unplugged it and tried resetting the power, but immediately when I plug in the power cable into the Tower the power light comes on and no response from pressing the power button. Any one have any ideas...

I am having a problem with my Powermac G5 tower, where the Power light is stuck on. I have unplugged it and tried resetting the power, but immediately when I plug in the power cable into the Tower the power light comes on and no response from pressing the power button. Any one have any ideas? Thanks

Hi all, My 4yr old son was randomly banging on the keyboard and thru a fluke of keystroke combinations threw the display into what seems an irreversible, coarse display pattern a of wierd, 256 color posterized background and lo-res appearance which is function-limiting, as some (not all) of...

Hi all, First time poster. I was doing a fsck -f on an iMac 1.6 G5 here at the office and the machine took a dive during the check. Now the processor fan is stuck on high. Its running 10.4.5. I've search several of the forums here and didn't see anything on it. So far I've: installed and...

I have an iBook G3. After startup the screen remains on blue, can't log in, I do have control of the cursor. Can not even start up in safe mode. I have no idea what to do ... HELP?>!

I have a 17" Power Book G4 which is three months old. It is my first Mac after 20 years with a PC and it is not a happy Mac. I am not a happy Mac owner :-( It now has a CD jammed in the superdrive. It will neither eject or be recognised. All the threads say hold down the mouse button, this...

A CD is stuck in the Apple G4. How do I get it out. Screen is black/blank when computer booted up. Thanks