I tried a CDR in my wallstreet last night for the first time and it just about had me convinced that it broke my cd drive...
After I inserted a burned CDR into the drive (which it could not read) it would not recognize any other cd I put in the drive. I tried music, games, and os with no luck. Upon restart with the drive empty I got a flashing ? over a disk image instead of the happy mac. This required a reset to power down and removing the cd drive in order to boot again. All of this was under os9.1. I searched the internet and found a link to trouble-shooting steps on the apple site. This included reset, pram, drive removal, etc, none of which worked. Finally as a last resort I manually moved laser track mechanism out from the center to the edge and back to the center. After this inserting a cd worked! However, being one to try my luck I tested the CDR again, and the exact same thing happened. The fix was the same. After that I installed osX.0 while burning another CDR with different dye color and at 2x speed on the desktop. I tried this new CDR under osX.0 after the install. It was not recognized, but did not cause the problem with other cd disks either. Anyone have any ideas? Anyone else have troubles reading CDRs on wallstreet drives? Thanks --Kris -- 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
