Optical Drive Not Recognized

Deep Dive-Hard Drive Uncategorized Symptoms

Check	Result	Action	Code

1. Verify whether an existing	Yes	Jump to appropriate
symptom chart applies to the		symptom chart flow.
issue reported by the customer.
issue reported by the customer.	No	Document failure symptom
	No	Document failure symptom
		and send feedback to
		smfeedback@apple stating
		that a suitable symptom code
		could not be found.

(For systems with optical drives)

Quick Check

Symptoms	Quick Check

Drive Not Recognized/Mount	1.	Use Apple System Profiler Serial-ATA section to
• Discs inject and eject, but do		see if the optical drive appears.
not appear in Finder	2.	Apple System Profiler Serial-ATA section will show
		any media inserted.
	3.	Check Finder Preferences and make sure “CD’s,
		DVD’s and iPods” is checked under “Show these
		items on the desktop” in the General section.
	4.	Check that issue happens with both CD and
		DVD types of media. If only one type of media is
		recognized, the optical drive may suffer from a
		laser issue.

Deep Dive

Check	Result	Action	Code

1. Is the optical drive listed in the	Yes	Optical drive communicating
Serial-ATA section of the Apple		with logic board Go to step 2
System Profiler?
	No	Logic board not
		communicating with optical
		drive. Go to step 3

2010-08-03

Mac mini (Mid 2010) Symptom Charts — Mass Storage 57

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Apple Mac mini manual Optical Drive Not Recognized, Deep Dive-Hard Drive Uncategorized Symptoms

Models: Mac mini

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