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My laptop just ate a DVD? WTF? (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=199132)

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5327846)

IT'S NOT A ****ING MALFUNCTION

It's supposed to get lost inside the case?

Why are you yelling?

How much does it cost to replace your slot loading drive when it fails?

Macs are perfect.

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I just got this brand new powerbook the other day.. friday to be exact. I got the 1.25 which i downgraded to a combodrive. .. it's amazing, i love it. But today I put a dvd in it and watched half of it. I was halfway through when I turned off the dvd and went to eject it. well, it didn't eject. it just sat there making a clicking sound trying to come out!!!

What the hell, this thing is brand new that shouldn't happen. so I talk to apple support and they tell me to try a number of things but to no avail the dvd still sits in there. I kept on restarting it and then finally a little bit of it was peaking through the slot so I grabbed tweezers and carefully removed it. so, yeah now the dvd is out. But now my computer doesn't recognize any cd-rom drive?? no dvd, nothing!

The drive seems like it's totally 100% FRIED. I'm a busy college student and have no time for this, now I have to return it to an authorized apple dealer and probably wait another 2 weeks for the stupid combo drive to be replaced.. has anyone here had anything like this happen to them?? I feel like im being teased by getting to play with this beautiful machine for 2 days then have to let it go for a while.

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 5327851)

How much does it cost to replace your slot loading drive when it fails?

$0. Applecare warranty.

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Originally Posted by KC Fish (Post 5327858)

$0. Applecare warranty.

All Macs are covered for the duration of your ownership?

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 5327863)

All Macs are covered for the duration of your ownership?

Yes mine are.

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Originally Posted by KC Fish (Post 5327866)

Yes mine are.

How much did that cost beyond the MSRP?

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 5327870)

How much did that cost beyond the MSRP?

Applecare 3 year protection plan is $250. I happen to get it for free.

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Originally Posted by KC Fish (Post 5327887)

Applecare 3 year protection plan is $250. I happen to get it for free.

I'd rather just drop 45 bucks on a slim DVD burner.

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5327808)

Uh, it's called user error, reerun. Sure, if I bought a Mac with a slot-loading DVD drive it wouldn't have happened. Big deal. It's not causing any problems.

ROFL

It's gonna' take a rebel engineer to get that data out; those R2 units are unpredictable.:D

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5327846)

IT'S NOT A ****ING MALFUNCTION

ROFLROFLROFL

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Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan (Post 5327894)

ROFL

It's gonna' take a rebel engineer to get that data out; those R2 units are unpredictable.:D

Haha! That's exactly what I was thinking of.

"You got something jammed in here real good. Were you on a space cruiser or a star - HELP ME OBI WAN KENOBI, YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE."

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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins (Post 5327893)

I'd rather just drop 45 bucks on a slim DVD burner.

That's an understandable alternative.

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Originally Posted by Claythan (Post 5327900)

Haha! That's exactly what I was thinking of.

"You got something jammed in here real good. Were you on a space cruiser or a star - HELP ME OBI WAN KENOBI, YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE."

ROFLROFLROFL