Hello,
The optical drive on my macbook literally disappeared a couple weeks ago. I had put in a CD from a library (which aren't ever a problem - I've played library CDs in my laptop hundreds of times before), and when I ejected it, the CD icon disappeared from my desktop and the sidebar in the Finder, but the CD didn't come out. At first I thought it was just stuck, so I tried rebooting holding the mouse button down - nothing. When I press the eject button on the keyboard, nothing happens - the white eject icon doesn't flash on my screen. Then I realized that the computer was no longer recognizing that there was an optical drive attached - in the system profiler, there is no ATA drive recognized or listed! Toast, iTunes, etc all tell me that there is no optical device found to burn with! I have tried resetting the PRAM using option+command+P+R, and resetting the SMC. Whenever I boot up the computer or wake it from sleep mode, I can hear the CD spinning inside like it normally does, but there is nothing in the Finder that would indicate that a drive exists. It just spins down after about 30 seconds.
I've run out of options here. Has anyone heard of something like this happening who could suggest a possible solution?
I am running Mac OSX 10.4.11 with a 2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM. Bought the computer brand new about a year and a half ago. All other operations on the computer (USB, AirPort, power, sound, monitor, camera, etc.) are fully functional and seem unaffected.
The optical drive on my macbook literally disappeared a couple weeks ago. I had put in a CD from a library (which aren't ever a problem - I've played library CDs in my laptop hundreds of times before), and when I ejected it, the CD icon disappeared from my desktop and the sidebar in the Finder, but the CD didn't come out. At first I thought it was just stuck, so I tried rebooting holding the mouse button down - nothing. When I press the eject button on the keyboard, nothing happens - the white eject icon doesn't flash on my screen. Then I realized that the computer was no longer recognizing that there was an optical drive attached - in the system profiler, there is no ATA drive recognized or listed! Toast, iTunes, etc all tell me that there is no optical device found to burn with! I have tried resetting the PRAM using option+command+P+R, and resetting the SMC. Whenever I boot up the computer or wake it from sleep mode, I can hear the CD spinning inside like it normally does, but there is nothing in the Finder that would indicate that a drive exists. It just spins down after about 30 seconds.
I've run out of options here. Has anyone heard of something like this happening who could suggest a possible solution?
I am running Mac OSX 10.4.11 with a 2.16 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB RAM. Bought the computer brand new about a year and a half ago. All other operations on the computer (USB, AirPort, power, sound, monitor, camera, etc.) are fully functional and seem unaffected.