dexos Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Hi, after I burned a DVD with OSX (using a burn-folder), I can't eject the DVD. Neither by pressing the open button on the DVD nor by ejecting the DVD in the Finder nor by pressing the eject button on my keyboard. I had to switch off my Mac cause I also can't reboot (it hangs during the shutdown). There is no process running that looks like a DVD burning one. Hope somebody could help me. regards, dexos Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevelup Posted March 14, 2006 Share Posted March 14, 2006 Hi I've got almost exactly the same problem - for me this happened immediately after upgrading to 10.4.5. It doesn't have to be DVD's for me, nor do they have to be discs burned locally. If I try and eject a CD by any means (drag to trash, eject button on menu bar, right click "eject"), the disk unmounts and disappears from the desktop but the drawer doesn't open. The drawer cannot be opened using the button either, and if I attempt to reboot, the machine never shuts down - it just hangs on a black screen with a flashing white cursor. A power cycle is required to extract the disk from the CD drawer. Steve Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-75308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fokker Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 Same problem here, tried to umount the device but there's no dvd mount in the /Volumes folder. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-95656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I also have a constant problem with unmounting and ejecting DVDs in 10.4.6 while no problem in 10.4.4 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-100340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark7714 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I don't have this problem, but... I wonder, have you guys checked in the terminal to see if the CD/DVD is still mounted? (check /Volumes or "df -l"). If that is the case you could probably eject using something like "disktool -e disk2" (or whatever disk it is). If it is not mounted, you can try to mount it from the terminal and then ejecting it using the command line... Might work. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-100348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Same problem here with 10.4.5...{censored}. It doesn't happen 100% of the time, just a lot, and it always needs a power cycle to clear. It's the *only* real problem I have with my install, so I'd love to figure out what the issue is. I have a DVD+/-RW NEC ND-3550A, PATA interface Can people post what drive they have working/non-working and the interface, and then maybe we can figure out whether or not it depends on the drive? /blkblt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-100376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mergedallhere Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 it happens evrytime after i burned some files. i'm running 10.4.3 updated from 10.4.1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-100638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 OK, for the longest time I thought I was the only one. The trick is, can we figure out what the problem is. It would help out a lot if people can post working and non-working configurations (please don't post WORKING if you haven't burned a bunch of DVDs and CDs and had no problems, because it doesn't happen 100% of the time to people). So please, post your drive model, motherboard, and interface. Thanks, /blkblt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-100639 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 I wonder, have you guys checked in the terminal to see if the CD/DVD is still mounted? (check /Volumes or "df -l"). If that is the case you could probably eject using something like "disktool -e disk2" (or whatever disk it is). For me, at least, it's a bad hang. The burning app's process is stuck in an unkillable state. This is really bad juju, and I wish I knew what was causing it. /blkblt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-100923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrei Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 My DVD+/-RW drive (NEC ND-3540A, OSX10.4.6 Intel MB D945) hangs all time when I read data from a DVD-R disk and then leave it mounted without any request. So after, when I try to eject it in Finder a tray do not open, remains in Finder but not accessable: a message "The volume for "..." cannot be found" appears when I click it in Finder. Commands like "ls /Volumes", "df -l", "disktool -e ", "drutil tray open" just hang in Terminal. I tried to flash different firmwares for DVD-drive and mobo but it seems nothing help. Has anybody a behavor like in my case? May be the drive goes into a sleep and can not resume? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-107751 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 I was hoping it was my motherboard or chipset, but the fact that it happens to you too is sad. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-107753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 I see several of you have Nec drives, maybe that could help to isolate the problem? Just my two cents. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-107759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted May 4, 2006 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Yeah, that's certainly one commonality. I've tried two NEC drives with the same results. It sucks because the Wiki HCL lists these drives as completely supported. Does your drive work perfectly, no problems and lots of use? /blkblt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-107762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proteo Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Does your drive work perfectly, no problems and lots of use? Absolutely. I've burned perhaps 30 DVDs (data and video) in OS X and just a couple gave me problems, but it was related to Popcorn software. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-108107 Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy62 Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 You can use paper clip to open tray. In front of CD burner (just under tray) there is small hole with release button inside, where You press sharp object to force tray to open Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-108261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted May 5, 2006 Share Posted May 5, 2006 Yeah, but there are processes hanging in a bad state, I don't think that will solve the issue. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-108266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapaH Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Same problem with NEC in my Dell 600m. If disk staying untouched for a while it hangs up. I think it is just something like drive falling asleep and cann't awake without PC reseting... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109237 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapaH Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 Ppl, there is an option in "Enegry saver" - "Put the hard disk to sleep...". Uncheck it - may be this will help to avoid "drive sleep". Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TapaH Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 So far it is a right way to defeat this problem with CD/DVD drives. I've alredy checked it a few times and my drive works perfectly - unmounting and ejecting disks after hours of staying untouched. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109745 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macintoshy Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Nice to know that PC hardware has same problem liky my real Mac Dual 1.8. I've got this eject error since I change the drive from a simple Combo DVD/CDR to a DVD burner NEC 3520 drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitr- Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Well, you could try upgradring firmware in your nec-drives to one of liggy and dee's firmwares. They're free from ripspeed-lock and rpc1 and I'm running their 2.1B (bitsetting) firmware on my ND-4551A and their 1-08 (bitsetting) on my ND-3500A. I haven't had any problems with ejecting medias after burning them in Toast, but I don't know what software you use for cd/dvd-burning.... Use binflash (necflash) to upgrade firmware. Just run necflash -scan to see your drives and current firmware and then run necflash -flash -v -s newfirmware X: where X is the device-id of your drive which you see when you run with necflash with -scan..... and unlike windows you don't need to reboot after flashing firmware... wohooo Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109830 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Oh, that's very interesting...maybe it is the NEC drives! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I haven't had any problems with ejecting medias after burning them in Toast, but I don't know what software you use for cd/dvd-burning.... Have you waited long enough with the disc in the drive that the OS would power it down? /blkblt Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109843 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitr- Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Have you waited long enough with the disc in the drive that the OS would power it down? /blkblt At most I've left the disc in the drive for lets say 10 minutes after burn has completed. Perhaps that's why I've never experienced such problems? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109883 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blkblt Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 It's possible. I just caused the problem (now I have to $%^&$% reboot!) by inserting a data CD and then leaving it in there for a while without touching it (an hour, maybe?) Then I went to About this Mac -> More Information and clicked on the Disk Burning section, and the program hung solidly. /blkblt I wish there was a way to set power settings per-drive, or even per-interface (since my CD-ROM is on PATA and my drives at on SATA interface), but I don't think there is. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/11059-cant-eject-burned-dvds/#findComment-109885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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