THE SUPERDRIVE MOTOR ON MY iMAC BURNED OUT. I'VE HAD A KERNEL PANIC PROBLEM WITH MY iMAC FOR SOME TIME NOW. I WAS USING DISK WARRIOR WHICH IS A PROGRAM THAT APPLE USES TO REPAIR HARD DRIVE PROBLEMS. THE REPAIR DISC WOULD GET TO STEP SEVEN AND WOULD FREEZE UP. THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT ACCOMPANIED THE PROGRAM SAID THAT AT TIMES IT MAY SEEM AS THOUGH THERE IS NO PROGRESS BEING MADE, BUT THAT IN FACT IT'S STILL WORKING. SO, I LEFT IT ON OVER NIGHT. WHEN I GOT UP IT WAS STILL ON STEP SEVEN. I HAD TO SHUT OFF THE POWER JUST TO GET THE DISC OUT. I DECIDED TO GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY. I LEFT IT RUNNING WHILE I WAS AT JOB NUMBER ONE. WHEN I MADE IT BACK HOME IT WAS AGAIN STUCK AT STEP SEVEN, BUT THIS TIME I COULDN'T HERE THE DISC SPINNING. AGAIN, I TURNED OFF THE POWER TO THE iMAC TO GET THE DISC OUT. I DECIDED TO PUT A DIFFERENT DISC IN ONLY TO NOT HEAR IT SPIN. I LEFT THE DISC IN FOR A FEW MINUTES BEFORE I EJECTED IT. THE DISC WAS WARM LIKE A LASER HAD BEEN TRYING TO READ IT. I TRIED A COUPLE MORE DISC WITH THE SAME RESULTS. I WENT TO APPLE SUPPORT FOR HELP. THEY GAVE ME A COUPLE OF THINGS TO TRY THAT DIDN'T WORK. THEY AND I CAME TO THE CONCLUSSION THAT THE MOTOR HAD IN FACT BURNED OUT. I CALLED DISK WARRIOR TECH SUPPORT WHO SAID THAT IT WASN'T THEIR FAULT. THEY BLAMED IT ON THE KERNEL PANIC WHICH NEVER EVER AFFECTED MY DISC DRIVE. SO, NOW I HAVE TO REPLACE MY SUPERDRIVE.
IT'S GOING TO COST ME A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO REPLACE IT, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO DO SO.
I'M TAKING DONATIONS FOR THE SAVE PSYCHO_DAYV'S SUPERDRIVE FUND...LOLTHIS JUST PLAIN SUCKS.