Re: Replacing CD-ROM drive

[Ron]

It's an easy swap. All you need to do is put the SCSI cable in the G3 
and attach it to the SCSI connector on the logic board. The CD-ROM will 
already have the
slide tray and it's about a 10 minute job. The hardest part will be 
feeding the ribbon cable through the case.

Another reason to use a SCSI CD-ROM is it will allow one more hard 
drive to be installed on the old CD-ROM's cable even on revision A G3's.

Using one of the Mac CD-ROM's allows the Mac to be bootable with a CD, 
which if you buy a new CD-ROM or CD-R it probably will not be.
I would put the 7100 CD-ROM in there and your done. If you want a new 
one you should check xlr8yourmac's drive compatibility database
for specific models that are Mac bootable.

Ron
On Friday, August 27, 2004, at 08:21 PM, Linda Hutcheson wrote:
Seems my sib's CD-Rom drive on her G3/266 is not working.  Doesn't 
matter what CD I put in it won't read it. Even Apple Profiler won't 
show it. I have a 7100 and a 6500 laying around. Would the CD-Rom 
drives be swappable?

Linda
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