Sad, Sad note

[trashcanmonkey]

Hi all, a sad note for today...
I think my CD drive has died on my PPC mac mini, putting CDs in causes it to crash.
Have tried using the hardware test, but a fat lot of use that was as the test runs from a CD?!
Very dissapointed as its only 6 months old, What can I Do????
HELP

[Gordy]

Ring apple and see what they say...

[CocoPops]

put the CD in... reboot
then when it's booting up hold the C key (iirc) and boot from the CD and run the checks.

Is it an OSX kernel panic crash? May be worth trying a complete erase and reinstall.

[trashcanmonkey]

no, no the cd drive is buggered so the supplied hardware test wont work, nore will trying to boot any disks...........

should I take it to Regent st? or try calling?

Cheers

[Spud1]

did you buy applecare? either way you should get 90days telephone support and 1year parts+labour (or if you bought it though the HE store 3 years parts+labour), so give apple a ring and see what they say If you have a store or authorised repair centre near you just take it there instead, take advantage of your warranty and get the drive replaced or the unit tested.