Apple :: CD Stuck In Drive
Jul 15, 2009I put a mini-CD in the drive of my old-style MacBook Pro.
The computer didn't pick it up.
It is now stuck in the drive.
How do I get it out?
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Acer :: CD Stuck In Aspire 7520 Optical Drive
May 7, 2009My mum (bless her heart) has managed to get a cd stuck in the optical drive of her Acer Aspire 7520 laptop. The drawer opens but unfortunately the CD remains inside, as far as I can see it's jammed above the metal casing.
I've search everywhere for instructions for removing the drive as I'm pretty certain that this would solve it but alas no luck ..... which is where you guys come in.
Lenovo W530 ThinkPad W Series :: Stuck Or Won't Boot When WD External Drive Plugged In?
Feb 7, 2010The problems still exist after I do a fresh restore with Lenovo DVDs. Also ran the Lenovo Update & Driver utility.
1. My W530 wont boot or start if I have a External drives plugged in. It stucked at "ThinkPad" screen. I have to unplug the external drive and press/old power button to shut it down. Same thing happened when the laptop is docked.
=> Contacted the technical support today. They told me I have to unplug and plug it back in everytime. I told him that there is a reason I got the dock station so I don't have to unplug and plug my external drive every time.
2. I have no problems booting if thumbs drive plugged in. But it keep "Auto run" everytime I turn on the machine.
I do not have this problem with my W500 and W510.
W530, Intel Core i7-3820, 32G DDR3 RAM, 180G Intel SSD, Windows 7 x64, NVIDIA Quadro K2000M.
Apple :: MBP - Stuck Red Pixel
Nov 4, 2009Bought a 13" MBP two weeks ago and I love it. I noticed a stuck red pixel, and tried a few methods to fix it. The flashing colours method didn't work, but then I tapped with a pencil and it disappeared for a couple of hours and came back. Then I massaged it and it's been gone for a few days. has anyone been successful in permanently getting rid of a stuck pixel? Do the stuck pixels usually come back, and if so, about how long does it last?
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Can you recommend best 256 GB SSD drive for me.
Apple :: MBP - Optical Drive
Jan 5, 2009I am still using Tiger, 10.4 on my MBP.
I have recently been having issues with my optical drive. I was burning a cd for a friend and it would not burn it or pop it out when I asked it to. I had to re-start while holding down the spacebar (or mouse button?) in order for the cd to come out. I forget which method I used, but using terminal did not work nor did the eject key.
It has also done this while running iDVD to watch a movie. The iDVD interface will not work and produces the spinning beachball of death and then I cannot eject the DVD. I either have to leave it alone for the night or restart the computer. Only then will iDVD stop acting up so I can eject the DVD.
Does anyone know why this is happening? Is it all to blame on the optical drive? I just went to the Apple Genius Bar a few weeks ago for a new battery. I hoping my MBP isn't falling apart.
Apple :: Aftermarket Blu Ray Drive For MBP
Jan 10, 2009Is there an internal Blu Ray Drive that fits into an MBP?
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Jun 10, 2009i'm having another issue now with my MBP. The DVD Drive isn't showing up in windows or in osx. The drive is physically working because i put in a DVD but now it's stuck. When i press the eject button in osx nothing happens. I don't even see a option for a d: drive in windows.
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Sep 7, 2009I was about to pull the trigger on a Macbook Air however I was wondering if only the super drive will work with it or if I am able to buy a cheaper not apple brand one.
On a side note, I am new to OSX and is there any word program I could use to take notes in class before I bought a superdrive for Mac Office?
Apple :: MBP 13 - New Hard Drive
Nov 19, 2009Planning to upgrade the HDD of my new MBP 13 incher.
a good/ reliable laptop hard drive?
Also does a 7200 rpm hard drive improve speed and reduce battery life (i saw some ppl complaining) ? Just wondering whether to shop for a 5400 or 7200 rpm.
Apple :: Why Does My USB Drive Keep Powering Up/down
May 9, 2009I have a new 500GB USB 2.0 2.5" drive plugged into my MacBook Pro. It powers up every so often of its own accord (and then shuts down after so many minutes non-activity). It's excluded from Time Machine backups to my Time Capsule, and excluded from Spotlight searches as well. Is there anything else I'm missing that would cause it to come out of its slumber?
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I ask because my Macbook 13 mid 2007 optical drive has died and I have a drive from a ibook just laying around, please any info on this or if you know of a ibook model that would work with the macbook 13.
Apple :: Unibody MBP CD Drive Sound
Feb 6, 2009So the sound of my CD drive has started to bother me, I don't know if this is what slot loading CD drives sound like or not. So I made a video [url] Does anyone else have that grinding like sound?
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Mar 31, 2010i recently bought a macbook pro 13in. I bought this to replace my lenovo t400. On my lenovo i have the st9160411as hard drive which is a 7200rpm drive. Do you think i can just swap the drives between both laptops, the mac HD to the lenovo and the lenovo HD (st9160411as) to the MBP? I am not sure what the compatability is.
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Jan 7, 2010I have an old PowerBook G4 here which once had a dead hard drive that I have now replaced. I've attempted to install both Leopard and Tiger but it acts as though the discs are corrupt in the case of Leopard, while Tiger simply fails to install after finishing one of the later stages of the install process (something after it installs the additional languages).
So I'm thinking now that there may be a problem with the DVD drive, and would like to install from a USB drive - is this possible? I would like to do this with Tiger preferably as I already have an image of the disc on another computer.
Another idea of mine is that it is a RAM issue. Possible? I can try removing one of the sticks.
Oh and another minor problem is that I seem to be unable to get all the hinge screws all the way back in... but this doesn't matter if I can't even install OSX on the thing.
Apple :: 15" MBP - Broken DVD Drive
Apr 30, 2010I have a second generation 15" MBP (late 06 to early 07) and for some reason the DVD drive stopped working. It only plays DVD's occasionally and most of the time it just spits them back out. What's wrong with it and how much does it cost to fix/replace it?
Ran TechTool and VRAM failed the test the first time (with a bunch of other programs running) but passed the second time (with nothing running). DVD drive will read CD's but not DVDs.
Apple :: New Drive - Can't Set Up Boot Camp
Feb 4, 2009I got a new drive and I cloned my other one to it, but now I can't set up boot camp. I get this error. It's partition as OS X extended Journaled, and there is only one partition.
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I still have 2more years of warranty and I don't want to void it by installing it myself
I don't know if the rules may vary depending on country but I'm currently in London.
Apple :: External Hard Drive For My MBP
Feb 23, 2009i want to purchase a external hard drive for my macbook pro that i just purchased. But i do want it to be something like a "Western Digital My Passport" Series (as in a 2.5" or smaller so that it is very portable). I am also interested in getting it with a Firewire 800 port - which is where the problem i am having on finding what i want.
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Sep 20, 2009I have an Airport Extreme linked to an external hard disk. The HD is formatted in GUID partition scheme and it's split into 3 partitions.
One of the partitions is a Macintosh HD partition with Snow Leopard on it. I can boot into Snow Leopard when the external HD is plugged via USB to my MBP.
But when I plug it into the Airport Extreme, I couldn't find a way to boot from it. Do you know a way?
Apple :: Cloning A Macbook Pro Drive On A PC
Jan 31, 2009I have a 2006 macbook pro 17". I want to upgrade the 120GB hard drive with a 500 GB drive. I normally use ghost on my PC to clone hard drives from laptops. Is there a Windows program that will allow my to clone an OSX drive from one hard drive to another?
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Aug 11, 2009I have the stock 250gb Fujitsu MJA2250BH. It clicks a little and I can hear it working at times, but I suppose it's decent. I'm still going to upgrade to a faster one sometime.
What do you have? You happy with it? Does it make a lot of noise/vibration/etc.?
Apple :: Upgrade New MBP Hard Drive
Apr 8, 2009I was reading the switchers' guide and saw that upgrading the HD in my new (Apple refurb store, actually) 15" LED MBP 2.4ghz 8600gt model will void the warranty, and an Apple store tech must do it.
I'm cheap, illustrated well by me buying a refurb MBP for $1350 after waiting for a couple years to pounce on one. Being cheap, I was thinking of purchasing a 320gb HD for the MBP for like $65 off Newegg, and having the Apple store pop it in for me so my 1-year warranty will remain intact.
Does the Apple store charge for this service if they are installing an HD I am bringing in? If I purchase an upgrade HD from the Apple store themselves, will they provide the service free or at a discount?
Apple :: Boot Off A USB Thumb Drive (MacBook)
Jun 26, 2009Can I boot off a USB thumb drive with a MacBook?
Linux is what's on the drive, but it's not wanting to boot.
Apple :: External Drive Formatting/Firewire
May 18, 2010Ive purchased a 4TB external HDD for use with my MBP.
The unit has 2x2TB drives in it, and I have set it to mirror one drive to the other - so I have 2TB of useable space.
1. I always tend to use FAT32 in case I ever want to connect a Windows machine to use it, which isnt very often TBH - but at least I know I can if need be. I dont save any files larger then 4GB onto the drive. Should I stick with FAT32 or move over to HFS+ ? Are there any other benefits to HFS+ over FAT32 other then larger file sizes etc?
2. Is Firewire 800 Hot Swappable - or do I need to connect the drive with my MBP off, then boot up?
