SuperDrive CD/DVD not in Finder or Disk Utility

Sciamo

Hello,

I have a 2007 Mac Mini MB139A/B 2.0GHz with SuperDrive.

The SuperDrive does not show in the Finder or Disk Utility. It has power and starts spinning.

I put a second HDD PATA<>SATA caddy in and this too is not seen. It has power and starts spinning.

I have reset everything you can with unplugging the power... taking out the battery... and restarting with Command+Option+P+R. Nothing helps.

I would like to know, would the issue be the Logic Board or could it be the connect card (Apple 820-1925-A) - or is there anything else I can try?

Thanks so much!!!!

Sciamo

macmanmacman · Veteran Member Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1679

Sounds like a bad drive controller card

Sciamo · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 6:38 pm Post subject:

Where is that kept? The Mac Mini seems to have few parts...

But the main HDD works fine - just the optical drive.

macmanmacman · Veteran Member Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1679

the drive controller card is the card that the cd drive and the hard drive connect to when the card malfunctions the cd drive stops working or the hard drive stops working now for the bad part apple doesn't sell just the card you have to purchase the card and the tray that everything sits in

philiparcario

Sciamo · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 3:00 am Post subject:

Yes defo all else working.

Thanks so much - will have a look over here in the UK to see if anyplace has it.

Cheers!

mooblie · Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:22 am Post subject:

Sciamo · Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:41 am Post subject:

That wouldn't really work for my plans - I have replaced the drive with a SSD and I needed the optical bay for a second HDD (I already have the caddy) for the virtual memory to be based.

Using it as a media server.

Sciamo · Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 5:39 pm Post subject:

Replaced with a new interconnect board. Still doesn't work Sad

billb · Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2012 6:59 pm Post subject: Satchmo's Horn has no Sound

Sciamo, I had a similar problem to you a while back.
I had replaced the Interconnect Board like you and
everything was fine..........for a while. I replaced the
Interconnect Board a second time and it worked
intermittently. It was the Logic Board (Mother Board)
that was failing. I also had a secondary problem.
The Apple Sound Board also didn't work buy I
didn't know it because I use an External USB
Sound Card. Is your sound working? When you
boot do you get the Startup Chime?
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2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc
20" iMac G4 PPC

Sciamo · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:38 am Post subject:

Heya,

Yes the sound works very well. The optical drive gets power as well. It just doesn't show in the Finder or in Disk Utility. When I put the second HDD caddy in, the same thing happens.

There is no cheap solution to the logic board is there?

In the end, this system is going to be used to access a firewire HDD to stream through iTunes to Apple TV. I've spent quite a lot of time going through all my DVDs and ripping them. Have a few Bond films left and then I'm done. I suppose in the end it isn't worth spending a lot of money on.

Thanks!

Sciamo

billb · Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:51 am Post subject: Logic Board

Yes, it sounds like your Logic Boards better days
are behind it. One day soon it probably won't boot.
Have a plan "B" ready. These Macs with laptop
components just don't last forever like Desktop
Macs (and PC's) do. I put my old Mac mini out to
pasture not to long ago. I don't miss it, these
newer Macs are much faster. You won't miss yours!
_________________
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 with
16GB RAM, Samsung 512GB SSD
MacBook AIR 11 Inch
Mac mini, Model 1.1, 2.33 GHz C2D Proc
20" iMac G4 PPC


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