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Member #7,844 · 2009-06-28
#1,965 by Dispatches #2,355 by Author Reads #5,716 by Thread Reach Member #7,844

@Ripper76

InfiniteMac community contributor with 4 recorded dispatches, 1 lead technical dossiers (4,159 direct reads), participating in discussions reaching 4,159 historical readers.

Dispatches 4 Ranked #1,965 of 6,691
Author Reads 4,159 Ranked #2,355 · 1 dossiers
Thread Reach 4,159 Ranked #5,716 in reach
Lead Dossiers 1 4,159 avg reads / dossier
Member Number #7,844 Joined 2009-06-23
Active Window 2009 2009-06-28
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#1,965 of 6,691 by Dispatches (4 notes) · #2,355 of 3,454 by Author Readership (4,159 reads across 1 dossiers) · #5,716 by Thread Reach (4,159 cumulative reads)
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Member #7,844 · Joined 2009-06-23
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Leopard 10.5
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Lead Dossiers Authored by @Ripper76 (1)

4,159 cumulative reads on threads started by @Ripper76

Dossier Title & SummaryCollectionReadership
Need some help, Dvd Drive not showing on Desktop.
I have a problem, my DVD drive doesn't seem to be working once am on the desktop. The installation went perfectly and everything was smooth. But when I put in a disc; no icon appears on the desktop. I used the IPC Universal pp5-final…
Leopard 10.54,159 reads
2009-06-28 · 8 notes

Field Notes & Technical Dispatches (3)

Direct links into threads where @Ripper76 contributed solutions & commentary

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Need some help, Dvd Drive not showing on Desktop.
“I'm assuming you did this, but you didn't mention whether you checked the CD/DVD settings in System Prefs. Barring that, perhaps there's a kext built in to the iPC disc that allowed it to recognize your drive that you didn't install on your…”
Leopard 10.52009-06-28
4,159 dossier reads
Need some help, Dvd Drive not showing on Desktop.
“Did you look under "Disk Burning" in system profiler? Or maybe it's not a dvd-r drive... Nope, it shows nothing there either. It just states, if you have a drive; please make sure its properly connected.”
Leopard 10.52009-06-28
4,159 dossier reads
Need some help, Dvd Drive not showing on Desktop.
“you could try checking your cd/dvd settings in System Preferences. If everything's set to Ignore nothing would happen when you put a disk in. Is it showing up in System Profiler? Thank you for replying. I just checked System Profiler, but i…”
Leopard 10.52009-06-28
4,159 dossier reads