Apple Mac mini manual Optical drive should perform

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

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