[gregfripp]

my fairly new iMac keeps showing me a non-existent 'ejecting disc' problem
it insists in showing me an 'ejecting disc' problem when i haven't got a disc in and i am touching nothing at all!
could someone more knowledgeable than me tell me how to stop this irritating message?
it reappears every ten minutes or so
its just done it again!
greg

[gregfripp]

i am disappointed that no-one, so far can help.
i expected that someone could.
still hoping...
greg

[Waragainstsleep]

Disconnect your keyboard and see if it still happens. Disconnect all USB devices and check.

[reader50]

Might be a loose cable connection to the optical drive. Does it give you a volume name or other identifier in the error text? So we could guess which volume?

Boot from your install DVDs and run Apple Hardware Test. Insert the DVD and reboot with Option held down. An extra partition on the DVD will appear in the boot selector, which contains the hardware tests.