CDs not recognised ... chapter2

ajaysongsajaysongs
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Well I thought Defiant's suggestion had fixed it .. but apparently not.



To recap, when I start the mac, if I insert a CD or CDrom nothing shows on the desk top. If I restart the computer (dual 800) the CD appears. Everything's fine after that ... it's just the first attempt.



Any suggestions?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    Oops sorry, OSX.2.3
  • Reply 2 of 16
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    looks like you've got to do this [quote] delete everything in your Caches folder (~/Library/Caches/) <hr></blockquote> again.



    <a href="http://forums.appleinsider.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=7&t=002467"; target="_blank">first thread</a>.



    [ 01-11-2003: Message edited by: Defiant ]</p>
  • Reply 3 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    Thanks ... will try again this afternoon. While you're there, what does resetting parameter ram do?



  • Reply 4 of 16
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238"; target="_blank">This</a> article should explain it the best.
  • Reply 5 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    I think the last time I got lucky ... 'cos it definitely doesn't work even with cache files deleted. Disk doctor can see the CD and its contents ... it just doesn't show on the desk top.

    It's gotta be something simple 'cos it works flawlessly on a restart. <img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
  • Reply 6 of 16
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    you sure you selected "show removable disks" in finder preferences ?
  • Reply 7 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    Yes that's checked and system profiler recognises it.

    Just tried it again this morning with an audio CD. Nothing .. restart and there it is.
  • Reply 8 of 16
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    definitely very strange... is it the CD-ROM drive your computer shipped with ?
  • Reply 9 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    Yeah it's unchanged ... could it be something to do with device ID?
  • Reply 10 of 16
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    nah, don't think so. Do you have a local mac reseller you could ask ?
  • Reply 11 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    Yep, I'll try that in the morning. Thanks for your help.
  • Reply 12 of 16
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    you're always welcome ajaysongs !
  • Reply 13 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    I think I've fixed it. I reinstalled some stuff from the second Jaguar CD and it seems ok. One CD didn't work but that could be corrupted. I guess something got lost in the various updates I've been doing over recent weeks.
  • Reply 14 of 16
    protodadaprotodada Posts: 125member
    off the subject... it's so lovely how you two converse... love by spring?
  • Reply 15 of 16
    ajaysongsajaysongs Posts: 61member
    Blimey <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
  • Reply 16 of 16
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    Slimey.
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