The problem seems to be that the screw holes are not in the same place as the original expansion bay drive (there ais one on the top, one on the side and one on the bottom in the center instead of two on top and one on the side (the only one that lines up) as per the original) face plate. That seems to put the plate off kilter some what and thus the drive tray seems to stick, plus the center screw tab (on the original) has no place to go on the 330 and I don't really want to eliminate it completely in case I put it back on the old drive.
I can certainly use one of my Pismo drives, as they do change out very easily and see if that it the problem, but I still thing it is physical incompatibility of the face plate for the most part. The 330 seems to be mechanical in stead of electrical, since it clicks two times before it does anything, while my original drive doesn't have the clicking sound. As I said before, it works (Full music CD at 8x on a CD-RW and it plays back), which gives me a very portable burner that I paid $130 for. It is much easier to carry around than any of the external burners I have seen and has no cord of any kind. Tom >> >> Well the plot thickens! I switched the drives around and the UJDA330 doesn't >> seem to have the screw holes in the same place as the UJDA710 mentioned in >> the article on the face plate. I can't seem to get it to fit correctly, even >> though it looks like it fits perfectly. The Pismo sees the drive and Toast 5 >> sees it also, but Toast can't seem to write to it at all (the drive just >> clicks), with the Pismo face plate installed. >> > Tom, I'm wondering whether the intermittent fault your seller of the CD > unit had may have been related, possibly, to a ribbon cable or some other > electrical connector in the unit itself - and thus its flakyness. Or the > fact it's not sitting right with the original Apple faceplate. A long > shot, but at least the unit works. My other guess about eject is that > probably has pretty strict rules about how the system talks to exp. bay > devices, and ones that don't play by the rules don't work properly. Also > dunno whether the 330 has electrical or mechanical eject. > > cheers, > > RD -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
