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I searched but couldn't find a solution here. I tried restarting and holding down the eject button, but no joy.
I have an older Mac Pro tower with double CD/DVD drives.
Any ideas I should try?
Thanks in advance,
Phy
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hold the eject key for 10 seconds or until it ejects so
option-eject if it is the second drive
a tray drive should have a paper clip hole under the tray on the left or right side.
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Are they Apple optical drives, using the stock connectors?
Disconnect the power and data cable to the one that works. Now try the eject/mouse button down. Do you hear anything? Does it show up in the System Info? Is there a disc in it, or is it just not opening?
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Is this something you want to screw around with or something you need working now? CD/DVD burners are $20 or less new from Newegg. If the data and power cables are securely connected and the drive doesn't work, dump it and get on with your life.
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Phy wrote:
I searched but couldn't find a solution here. I tried restarting and holding down the eject button, but no joy.
I have an older Mac Pro tower with double CD/DVD drives.
Any ideas I should try?
Thanks in advance,
Phy
Silly questions:
1. Does one drive-tray eject normally while the other does not?
2. If so, then are you certain that you have an optical drive in the second/non-working-optical-drive bay?
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2010 MPs have SATA optical drives.
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It is such a blast from the past to have a Mac question like this. In addition to the official options using the keyboard and the paperclip, my memory is that sometimes with my old original imac I would pick it up, turn it upside down, and shake it (the disk would get stuck "over" the tray, and that could dislodge it and get it to release).