Dirty lens is my first guess. Get yourself one of those DVD drive cleaning disks with the little microfiber brushes sticking up on it. Cheaper than a drive, plus you can run it in your other optical drives around the house. Something like this: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2361964&CAWELAID=107592290
-----Original Message----- From: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com [mailto:g3-5-l...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Connelly Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 6:53 AM To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Another Quicksilver Question On Sep 30, 2010, at 12:51 AM, Stephen Conrad wrote: > I have a question regarding the CD-ROM drive > Whenever I put in a CD with stuff on it (NOT a CD you buy with music > on it) it is a crap shoot if the machine will recognize it. Some it > gives me two options (Ignore or Eject) and some it never says > anything nor do they show up on my desktop. One I have in right now > that I know has photos on it doesn't show up). How do I rectify this? > Here is what System Profiler says about my unit > > HL-DT-ST CD-RW GCE-8240B: > Maybe you need a firmware upgrade: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=122023 or its beginning to break down. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
