On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:26 PM, warhelmet <nova.akrop...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > 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? >
Also, I just thought about grounding You say you mounted with velcro, last I checked velcro is not good grounding material. make sure the metal of the drive chassis is connected to the metal of the system chassis If you cant get it to read disks try this b4 returning the drive Use a wire and a couple mounting screws to connect it to the laptop if you cant screw it directly to what the orig drive mounted to. -- I'm a PC(x86 AND ppc) AND I RUN LINUX!!! Linux is like ice cream. It comes in many flavors and everyone has their favorite, but we all get the same smile regardless of which we choose to scoop. Vicomte de Chateaubriand - "You are not superior just because you see the world in an odious light." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
