Deep Dive
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1. | Optical drive should perform | Yes | Drive mechanism damaged. | J05 |
| a single reset sequence. Is |
| Replace optical drive. |
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| optical drive constantly seeking |
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| or cycling eject mechanism |
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| without an optical disc |
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| installed?? |
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2. | Verify media does not | Yes | Go to step 3 |
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| exceed maximum thickness |
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| specification <http://support. |
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| No | Drive mechanism damaged. | J05 | |
| apple.com/kb/HT2446> | |||
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| Replace optical drive. |
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| Using known good CD and |
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| DVD media, does media spin |
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| without optical drive scraping |
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| edge or surface of media? |
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3. | Noise when spinning discs | Yes | Go to step 4 |
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| desktop and reading data is |
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| normal. Disc spin should cease | No | Go to step 5 |
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| 30 seconds after mounting on |
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| the desktop. Is the noise related |
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| to disc spin and is it louder |
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| than another computer of the |
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| same type and drive? |
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4. | Remove the optical drive and | Yes | Drive mechanism damaged. | J04 |
| reseat the drive into it’s drive |
| Replace optical drive. |
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| bracket. Reinstall the drive and |
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| No | Optical drive not mounted |
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| verify if the drive is still noisy. |
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| correctly. Issue resolved |
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5. | Noise when ejecting media | Yes | Drive mechanism damaged. | J04 |
| is normal. Eject known good |
| Replace optical drive. |
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| media and listen to noises. |
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| Is the noise related to eject | No | Noise not related to optical |
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| activity and is it louder than |
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| noise (H06) or fan noise (M18) |
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| type and drive?. |
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Mac mini (Late 2009) Symptom Charts — Mass Storage 60 |
