I've made some progress. I think I had the dvd mounted too far forward initially. But the beauty of mounting with velcro is that I can easily adjust the positioning of the drive.
The dvd drive powers up and makes noises. It will suck in and spit out disks. However, it seems to have real problems getting a disk to spin up. I can hear the motor struggle. I've tested several disks and it only likes one (a CD-ROM). I can't see any difference between the disks. Seeing as it came in the post not terribly well protected, I wonder if some of the metal work has got bent? Any suggestions before I go back to the vendor? On Mar 14, 2:14 pm, warhelmet <nova.akrop...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I've tried to install a pulled dvd drive for a MacBook. Physically, > was a bit of a job. Felt pads and velcro tape. But I think that the > drive is dead. > > It's a long time since I've seen a working slot load G3 iMac power up. > On the optical drive front, what should I expect to do on start up? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---