First time Mac user with question...

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jarrodschockowjarrodschockow
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I just received my iMac G5 yesterday, and I'm loving it so far. I have been a PC user my whole life (I'm 28), so it's going to take some time to get use to the navigation. My question is this...I put a cd in the superdrive, and played it for about 30 minutes tops. When I ejected the disc, I found that the disc was extremely hot. It wasn't just warm like I am used to from other drives, this disc was damned hot.

Is this something I should be worried about? Is this normal for an iMac G5? Any replies are much appreciated.

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  • Reply 1 of 9
    ineedag5pbnowineedag5pbnow Posts: 145member
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    Originally posted by jarrodschockow

    I just received my iMac G5 yesterday, and I'm loving it so far. I have been a PC user my whole life (I'm 28), so it's going to take some time to get use to the navigation. My question is this...I put a cd in the superdrive, and played it for about 30 minutes tops. When I ejected the disc, I found that the disc was extremely hot. It wasn't just warm like I am used to from other drives, this disc was damned hot.

    Is this something I should be worried about? Is this normal for an iMac G5? Any replies are much appreciated.





    ehhhhhh....i dont think its something to worry about...if its extremely extremely hot then i would call out apple...
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  • Reply 2 of 9
    aquamacaquamac Posts: 585member
    It could just be the warmth of the G5 in there warming things up. I would call the Apple tech support. They are the best at tech support of all computer companies, per consumer reports. Good luck, and let us know of your response.
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    telomartelomar Posts: 1,804member
    Guess it depends on your definition of hot but yes when you pull it out it usually is warm.
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    acr4acr4 Posts: 100member
    For whatever reason, I want to say CDs are supposed to withstand heats of 140 degrees F (that's 60 degrees C). Take a thin meat thermometer and carefully stick it in the drive slot after taking out a CD. Check the temperature. If the internal temperature is anywhere near that, call Apple. Of course, be careful sticking a metal probe into a computer. Take a peak in the slot first with a flash light. (Of course you might not even be able to fit a probe into the slot. I'm not familiar with the exact size of the drive slot.)



    Alternately, if you have one of those awesome temerature-sensing laser guns, just point it down into the comptuer and check its temperature. No probe, not problem.



    -alex
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  • Reply 5 of 9
    telomartelomar Posts: 1,804member
    You can tell a 60 degree metal object by touch. You can't touch a 60 degree pipe without immediately needing to pull your hand away immediately. It's one of the very crude ways to get an idea of temperature.
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    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    the cd's usually have a warm warm sometimes but usually warm feel to them when they're taken out... when i've played dvd's, i havnt payed attention to the amount of heatness it gives off.. but if you think its too hot for the superdrive to be making, even w/ the G5, give apple support a call. they'll answer any questions you may have
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    futuremacfuturemac Posts: 242member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by jarrodschockow

    I just received my iMac G5 yesterday, and I'm loving it so far. I have been a PC user my whole life (I'm 28), so it's going to take some time to get use to the navigation. My question is this...I put a cd in the superdrive, and played it for about 30 minutes tops. When I ejected the disc, I found that the disc was extremely hot. It wasn't just warm like I am used to from other drives, this disc was damned hot.

    Is this something I should be worried about? Is this normal for an iMac G5? Any replies are much appreciated.



    thats what happened to me when i bought my g3 imac (a few weeks before the 1st g4 imac came out) i put a disc in and that sucker came out nice and hot, (and i kept getting that spinning beachball thing after awhile) its one of the reasons i took it back to circuit city. but the mac in general and mac os x was great.
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  • Reply 8 of 9
    ragingloogieragingloogie Posts: 426member
    after a couple hours of cd use w/ dvds they're a bit warm but their spinning at 3500rpms? i believe it is... so they'll be warm... im a first time mac suer as of december and im loving it
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  • Reply 9 of 9
    dhagan4755dhagan4755 Posts: 2,152member
    The G5 in the iMac can get quite toasty. Almost too hot to touch if you have opened it up and touched the "G5 plate," you know exactly what I am talking about. I was a little surprised by this. I wonder how this impacts on the other internal components in the computer long term?
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