CDs not recognised ... chapter2

ajaysongs · January 11, 2003 1:30PM

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?

ajaysongs · January 11, 2003 1:32PM

Oops sorry, OSX.2.3

defiant · January 11, 2003 5:23PM

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>.

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ajaysongs · January 12, 2003 4:51AM

Thanks ... will try again this afternoon. While you're there, what does resetting parameter ram do?

defiant · January 12, 2003 4:56AM

<a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238"; target="_blank">This</a> article should explain it the best.

ajaysongs · January 12, 2003 3:53PM

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]" />

defiant · January 12, 2003 4:08PM

you sure you selected "show removable disks" in finder preferences ?

ajaysongs · January 13, 2003 1:44AM

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.

defiant · January 13, 2003 12:07PM

definitely very strange... is it the CD-ROM drive your computer shipped with ?

ajaysongs · January 13, 2003 1:27PM

Yeah it's unchanged ... could it be something to do with device ID?

defiant · January 13, 2003 2:08PM

nah, don't think so. Do you have a local mac reseller you could ask ?

ajaysongs · January 13, 2003 3:24PM

Yep, I'll try that in the morning. Thanks for your help.

defiant · January 13, 2003 3:42PM

you're always welcome ajaysongs !

ajaysongs · January 14, 2003 3:14AM

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.

protodada · January 14, 2003 4:41AM

off the subject... it's so lovely how you two converse... love by spring?

ajaysongs · January 14, 2003 10:06AM

Blimey <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />

defiant · January 20, 2003 12:41PM

Slimey.

CDs not recognised ... chapter2

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