General Mac hardware discussions: cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4)
cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4)
by oblio211 - 9/16/05 1:19 PMHi,
My CDRom Icon doesn't showup when I insert a CD into my G4. I see the CD player in the System Profiler but I don't know why it does nothing when I insert CDs. I even tried opening up the case and trying a new drive but that did not work.
Which G4 do you have
by mrmacfixit
- 9/16/05 2:00 PM
In reply to: cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4) by oblio211
iMac or laptop or tower? Guessing tower.
Are the CD's you are inserting Commericially produced or the result of a home burn?
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cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4)
by oblio211 - 9/20/05 7:32 AM In reply to: Which G4 do you have by mrmacfixit
It is a G4 Tower (733 MHZ) and all CDs don't show up, from OSX disc to Photoshop to Data discs...all legit apps that used to work.
CD ROM drive
by mrmacfixit - 9/20/05 5:05 PM
In reply to: cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4) by oblio211
I wasn't suggesting that these CD's were less than legitimate. Some CD players cannot read CD's that were burned in a home burner. Commercially produced CD's are pressed, not burned.
So, given the the first CD player may have failed, is the replacement supported by the OS?
Do you have a Firewire case you could try the CD player in?
Did I mention repairing the disk permissions? If not, do it and see what the result is. Check ALL the internal connections to the CD drive.
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Is your CD drive Apple supported?
by gwats1957 - 9/23/05 6:14 AM In reply to: cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4) by oblio211Your CD burner must be either supported by apple or you must use a third party software patch like perma burn so your drive is recognized by the mac.
Open Itunes and look under the burning tab. Is the drive listed and avbalible for burning? If not your going to need a software patch from the drive's maker.
How does this help?
by mrmacfixit - 9/23/05 9:17 AM
In reply to: Is your CD drive Apple supported? by gwats1957
The problem is that the CD icon do not appear on the desktop when a CD is inserted into the drive. The subject of CD burning was not mentioned. This machine did not come with a burner but may have had one added. However, the poster did not indicate that.
Adding a piece of software, like perma burn, is probably not going to help the CD's mount on the desktop. Even unsupported Burners are Read Supported by the OS. As the poster says, the drive appears in the system profiler.
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Icon
by oblio211 - 9/30/05 6:58 AM In reply to: How does this help? by mrmacfixit
Yes, the Burner is actually what came with the Mac...I have not installed anything else. The computer hadn't been used for a while and recently I just wanted to upgrade the OS and then I noticed the drive was no longer working. I was thinking of transferring the contents from the one of the new OS CD I have onto a flash drive (from a friend's computer) and copying them to the G4 so I could install the new OS and maybe that would solve it...any thoughts?
That will not work
by mrmacfixit - 9/30/05 11:55 AM
In reply to: Icon by oblio211
Sorry, I just noticed this post. To install OS X you have to be booted from the CD. You cannot copy the files to the machine, via a thumbdrive, and expect it to boot. There are thousands of files that you can't see, let alone copy.
Sorry.
I believe I would now look around for a firewire CD enclosure and go with an external drive.
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will try
by oblio211 - 10/3/05 10:17 AM In reply to: That will not work by mrmacfixit
Thanks all for the help!
That did it
by oblio211 - 10/5/05 6:00 AM In reply to: Zap the PRAM by IgorFlashing the PRAM did it...thanks!
No Problem
by Igor - 10/22/05 4:50 PM In reply to: That did it by oblio211I'm really happy that I could help. It happened to me and I didn't know what to do. But I like to flash the PRAM when I have troubles and I find that a lot of times it helps. SI I tried it and it worked
Let's start over
by msyeed - 9/23/05 9:50 AM In reply to: cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4) by oblio211Just in case we're overmedicating here, try this:
Go to the Finder
Go to the Finder menu, and select Preferences
In the window that opens, select the ''General'' button at the top
Make sure ''CDs, DVDs, and iPods'' is checked (second checkbox)
If not, check it and close the window, then try a disc. Solve the problem?
If not, we'll need more info. Leave the disc in the computer and go to your Utilities folder. (There's a shortcut to it under the Go menu.) Open your Disk Utility and tell us if the disc shows up in any form in the left column.
file permission
by willardk - 9/23/05 12:52 PM In reply to: cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4) by oblio211I've had this issue and usually doing a file permission repair using disk util works...
the drive should appear again after doing this...you notice a fix of /dev file occurs this is where the problem occurs.
Will
Desktop, you say?
by Soul of Wit - 9/23/05 2:40 PM In reply to: cd rom icon doesn't show on desktop (G4) by oblio211I'm going to reply to your subject line, which mentions that the icon doesn't show up on the DESKTOP. Does it show up in Finder windows (the sidebar)? Whether or not icons show up on the desktop is a Finder preference.
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