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iMac

Jan 19, 2005 4:17AM PST

Hi,
I have an iMac os9 here, it belongs to a friend. The darn thing ejects a cd as soon as you insert it. It doesn't even look like ( or sound like ) it's trying to read the disk. Any ideas?
Thanks

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Obtain another CD drive and try it with that.
Jan 19, 2005 4:22AM PST

Such parts don't last forever...

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TY
Jan 19, 2005 5:37AM PST

Thanks, I thought about doing that but the iMac is one of those all integrated units. Im almost afraid to take it apart

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How else to fix it?
Jan 19, 2005 5:43AM PST