RE: [OT} mac mini help!

["aashram" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

:)

Have you tried to pair the Bluetooth ? if you goto into the Bluetooth in
system preferences that is where the settings are. System preferences
shortcut is in your dock.

To eject there are few ways
open the finder and next to the cd on the left hand side there is an
eject icon. Click it

or drag the cd to the trashbin

you can email me offlist if you like and we can go through the network
settings



-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Butler [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 18 March 2005 23:20
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] [OT} mac mini help!


Hi guys,

Well, it all started off well - the mini arrived yesterday.
Of course, 't was St paddys day, so beering it up somewhat.  Thus, when
I
got home to my lovely mini, I plugged it all in - except of course, the
wireless keyboard and mouse, wondered how on earth I could install the
wireless drivers since I had no means of input to install the drivers.
Anyhoo, being a bit reckless, I decided to turn the fecker on
and....blimey,
it found the wireless kb and mouse - hurrah.
Flushed by that success, but subsequently confused by the confounded
interface (alcohol *may* have been a factor!), I resolved to try again
tomorrow (ie, today - keep up!) in a more sober frame of mind.
Aware of battery life issues, I turned off the wireless keyboard and
mouse
(but not the mini) and promptly went to bed......
....tonite, the mini was sleeping, fair enough, try to wake it - no joy.
Reset the bugger with the power switch, boot up, fine...but no response.
Try a few more times. No joy
Insert wireless kb and mouse driver cd.
Nothing.
Find a usb kb and mouse and plug em in.
Can control mac mini - hurrah!
....some time later, conclude that:
1. bluetooth, that DID work, no longer does.  I look at the status and
it
says it is switched off.
I try to turn it on and...nothing.
Somewhere else on the mini, looking at bluetooth stuff, it says it
cannot
find bluetooth hardware - please check it is installed.
It WAS last nite :(
2. Network - neither wired nor wireless seem to work, either DHCP or
static
ip :(
3. CD - how the hell do I access this?  No idea, but now my wirless
driver
CD is stuck in there and there is no eject button and I cannot even
"see" it
anywhere....

I thought these buggers were supposed to be *easier* than pc's :(

Anyone got any ideas on what I can do, or does it need to be returned to
sender?

Thanks,

Tony
//back to my good old reliable (usually) pc...