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8 Responses to “iMac G4 won’t run a DVD.”

1. Gary Rosenzweig says:

   Nov 16 at 8:59 am

   What exactly are you doing? What are you running to play a DVD? Are you getting an error message? What is happening? Did you try more than one DVD? A store-bought DVD or a handmade one?

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   • Gary McNeil says:

     Nov 16 at 9:49 am

     It is a movie and nothing happens in the dvd player or if I just put it in with no app open. I can here it running but nothing happens.

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     • Gary Rosenzweig says:

       Nov 16 at 9:58 am

       So, just to be clear, you did run “DVD Player” and it did nothing. Even when you pressed the play button on the controls?
       Try another DVD.

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2. Gary McNeil says:

   Nov 16 at 9:50 am

   It a regular store bought dvd.

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3. Gary McNeil says:

   Nov 16 at 11:04 am

   I tried still doesn’t work.

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   • Gary Rosenzweig says:

     Nov 16 at 11:11 am

     Then your optical drive may be broken.

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4. Gary McNeil says:

   Nov 16 at 3:50 pm

   Even if music cd’s will play.

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   • Gary Rosenzweig says:

     Nov 16 at 4:01 pm

     I’m not an optical media hardware expert, but I’m sure there is a lot more involved with DVD playback than with CD playback. No matter, because if it won’t work it won’t work. You’ve got to have someone take a look at your optical drive to see if they can fix it — if you think it is worth it on such an old machine.

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