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Strange Superdrive Issue - DVR-117D
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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Hello All!
My brand new PM is giving trouble. The superdrive seems to fall asleep after the 1st hr of operation and I can not eject it. Attempting to eject it means the system will hang 'internally' as it's searching for it...
If I were to launch system profiler and click on ATA after this, it will HANG! ARGH!
So try to shutdown and it'll never happen!
HELP!
Thanks, Mike
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Baninated
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Similar problem here.
I have a brand new single processor PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz with 1.25 gigs RAM.
I have tested the RAM (before and after adding more) and its fine.
I have tested the rest of the system and its fine.
This ONLY happens to me (SuperDrive not ejecting) after I have been running a P2P client for some time (about 30 minutes). It ALWAYS happens with Acquisition v113.2 (latest).
I will also find the machine not in sleep but no awake either (ie. light not flashing slowly, yet will not turn monitor on hitting mouse or keystroke - and screensaver is off totally).
If I don't run Acquisition, no problem.
Can you give some more particulars?
BTW, I will run Command & Conquer for hours (really heat up every component) and it won't happen. So that rules out any heat related problems.
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Baninated
Join Date: Nov 2002
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Originally posted by Switched2Mac:
Similar problem here.
I have a brand new single processor PowerMac G5 1.8 GHz with 1.25 gigs RAM.
I have tested the RAM (before and after adding more) and its fine.
I have tested the rest of the system and its fine.
This ONLY happens to me (SuperDrive not ejecting) after I have been running a P2P client for some time (about 30 minutes). It ALWAYS happens with Acquisition v113.2 (latest).
I will also find the machine not in sleep but no awake either (ie. light not flashing slowly, yet will not turn monitor on hitting mouse or keystroke - and screensaver is off totally). And the system will not properly go to sleep (if I try to force it) or shutdown. I have to Cold Boot the system. Even after exiting Acquisition, this problem will persist until I cold reboot.
If I don't run Acquisition, no problem.
Can you give some more particulars?
BTW, I will run Command & Conquer for hours (really heat up every component) and it won't happen. So that rules out any heat related problems.
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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That is interesting. I got 1.25GB as well.
Yes, it won't sleep BECAUSE you have the P2P prog running  I have Azureus running most of the time...
What I've done now is to disable HDD sleeping and sleeping of the G5 totally (I.e. sleep time = never)...
It has been past and hour now and the drive is Ejecting fine...
Confusing!
Mike
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Senior User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Portugal
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you're right bsodmike, the disable HD sleep avoids other drives to sleep as well!
that's been discussed at xlr8yourmac.
I think the same applies to other superdrive brands/models
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