Mac Pro 2010 Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Ready, Set Up, Go
- Life with Your Mac Pro
- Making a Good Thing Better
- Problem, Meet Solution
- An Ounce of Prevention
- Problems with Your Mac Pro
- Problems with Software
- Repairing, Restoring, or Reinstalling Mac OS X Software
- Checking for a Hardware Problem
- Keeping Your Software Up to Date
- Problems with Wi-Fi Communication
- Problems with Your Display
- Problems with Your Internet Connection
- Replacing the Apple Magic Mouse Batteries
- Maximizing Ethernet Performance
- Learning More, Service, and Support
- Locating Your Serial Number
- What’s Under the Hood
- Last, but Not Least
- Looking for Something?
85Chapter 4 Problem, Meet Solution
3 Carefullyinserttheendofastraightenedpaperclipintothesmallholeonthefrontof
theopticaldrive.
4 Pushrmlyuntilthetrayopens,removethedisc,andpushthetraytocloseit.
5 Puttheopticaldrivecarrierandthesidepanelbackinplace(see“ReplacinganOptical
Drive”onpage68).
If the status light ashes and the computer doesn’t start up
 Ifyourecentlyinstalledmemory,aPCIexpansioncard,oranotherinternal
component,makesurethatitiscorrectlyinstalledandthatitiscompatiblewithyour
computer.Seeifremovingitallowsthecomputertostartup.
 Ifthestatuslightstillashes,determinethenumberofashestoidentifytheproblem:
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One short ash followed by a longer o period: Novalidmemory.
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Three short ashes followed by a longer o period:Failedmemory.
Problems with Software
Whenanapplicationfreezesordoesn’trespond,MacOSXprovidesawaytoquitthe
applicationwithoutrestartingyourcomputer.Quittingafrozenapplicationmayallow
youtosaveyourworkinotheropenapplications.
To force an application to quit:
1 PressCommand(x)-Option-EscorchooseApple()>ForceQuitfromthemenubar.
2 SelectthenameoftheapplicationyouwanttoquitintheForceQuitApplicationsdialog.
3 ClickForceQuit.
Theapplicationquits,leavingallotherapplicationsopen.