Jeremy,
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give it a try.
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> From: Jeremy Derr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-Books)
> Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 09:36:45 -0500
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-Books)
> Subject: Re: CD Player failure under OSX?
>
>> I've experienced an apparent failure of my CD player under OSX which seems
>> to replicate under Classic and a stand-alone 9.1 partition OS as well.
>> Yesterday the CD player worked fine, today no-go.
>>
>> System is a G3 Pismo, 500mHz, 384MB RAM, with 12Gig in 3 partitions: OSX,
>> Classic, and a 9.1 stand-alone partition.
>>
>> At attempt to start from the CD when booting to any OS (X, Classic, or 9.1
>> stand-alone), the CD spins for about a half second and then quits. Check of
>> Apple System Profiler recognizes the CD player, albeit without CD when one
>> is loaded. Check with Norton/Techtools finds nothing.
>>
>> I'm assuming that the CD player is still working and suspect (HOPE!) that
>> I've simply inadvertently messed up a setting somewhere.
>>
>> Any suggestions or comments short of reinstalling software?
>
> If it is consistant between OS X and OS 9.1, then it's almost
> completely certainly not a software issue. Also, if something doesn't
> work under OS X, it's unlikely to work in Classic (there are
> exceptions, but the CD drive isn't one of them). Also, if it won't
> even boot to the CDs that came with it, it's definitely not software,
> as no software has even loaded at that point.
>
> The best things to try are reseating the drive (taking it out,
> putting it back in) and resetting the power manager. On the Pismo,
> you hit the little reset button next to the modem and wait another 5
> seconds before powering on the unit. If these fail to fix the
> problem, it's probably a dead drive....
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