on 25/02/05 02:40, John Roberts at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Titanium Mercury (G4/400MHz). I'm now on my third CD/DVD > drive. The first one stopped mounting discs after a year or so, the > second one another year or two. I just bought and installed a > refurbished one a couple of weeks ago and almost immediately started > having trouble mounting discs. > > The same thing always happens. I insert the CD, it gets sucked in, it > spins for a second or two, then stops. Then nothing happens. There > doesn't seem to be any way to tell OSX that there's a disc in there. I > then restart and try again. > > I have an external firewire CDRW that has no problems. I'm wondering if > the problem isn't with the drives but with the Powerbook itself. >
It sounds like a problem with the drive, once again, sorry... -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] elder days n.: The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS, and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age; see also elvish and Great Worm. -- 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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
