Re: Pismo Battery and DVD problems

2003-12-04 Thread Ralph Plumb 
Interesting info Chris. Do you know if the Patchburn utility would work 
with an external Sony DRX 500/510? Is there a list of compatible 
burners anywhere?
Ralph

On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 09:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

on 04/12/2003 10:47, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

I
just went on Ebay and got a 3rd party CD-R/DVD-ROM drive and dropped 
it into
the tray from the old drive. After I found the burner software update,
everything worked great. Plus, now I can play the LOTR Extended 
Editions.
Yay!

-- Joe Crow
This is definitely the way to go. For lots of feedback on the 
different 3rd
party Combo drives that people have used successfully with the Pismo, 
check
the web site xlr8yourmac.com under Drive Compatibility Database.

Personally, I have successfully used 2 different Combos in my Pismo 
with
both 9 and Jaguar: a 24x10x24x8x Samsung SN-324B and a 24x24x24x8x Sony
CRX830E. Both work perfectly with Toast 5.2 and, after modifying the 
iTunes
plugin, are compatible with it too. They are bootable: the Samsung 
only when
holding down the ALT/Option key at startup, and the Sony when holding 
down
the ALT/Option key or selecting the disk from the Startup Disk control
panel. They are not bootable holding down the "C" key, because they 
are set
to "Slave" (they show up as device "1" in Apple System Profiler) and 
not
"Master".

Check the xlr8yourmac web site for these things if you want, because 
some
Combo drives offer different things:

- the original Pismo DVD faceplate (or bezel) fits onto the new Combo:
people have had some success here with Matshita/Panasonic combo 
drives, if
their original Pismo DVD was a Matshita
- the Combo is or can be set to Master: some drives ship this way from 
the
factory (people have mentioned Acer drives, which use, IIRC,
Matshita/Panasonic); others have reported switches on the drive that 
let you
switch it to Master
- iTunes/Disk Burner compatibility: many Combo drives are compatible 
right
out of the box; almost all drives can be made compatible: in 9 by 
using a
modified Authoring Support exension, in Jaguar by using a freeware app
called Patchburn

Prices have dropped a lot and you can now find fast Combos (burn CDs 
at 24x)
for less than $100 either on ebay or from an online store. Fire up 
Google
and have a look.

Good luck.

Chris

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Re: Pismo Battery and DVD problems

2003-12-04 Thread csean 
on 04/12/2003 10:47, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I
> just went on Ebay and got a 3rd party CD-R/DVD-ROM drive and dropped it into
> the tray from the old drive. After I found the burner software update,
> everything worked great. Plus, now I can play the LOTR Extended Editions.
> Yay!
> 
> -- Joe Crow

This is definitely the way to go. For lots of feedback on the different 3rd
party Combo drives that people have used successfully with the Pismo, check
the web site xlr8yourmac.com under Drive Compatibility Database.

Personally, I have successfully used 2 different Combos in my Pismo with
both 9 and Jaguar: a 24x10x24x8x Samsung SN-324B and a 24x24x24x8x Sony
CRX830E. Both work perfectly with Toast 5.2 and, after modifying the iTunes
plugin, are compatible with it too. They are bootable: the Samsung only when
holding down the ALT/Option key at startup, and the Sony when holding down
the ALT/Option key or selecting the disk from the Startup Disk control
panel. They are not bootable holding down the "C" key, because they are set
to "Slave" (they show up as device "1" in Apple System Profiler) and not
"Master". 

Check the xlr8yourmac web site for these things if you want, because some
Combo drives offer different things:

- the original Pismo DVD faceplate (or bezel) fits onto the new Combo:
people have had some success here with Matshita/Panasonic combo drives, if
their original Pismo DVD was a Matshita
- the Combo is or can be set to Master: some drives ship this way from the
factory (people have mentioned Acer drives, which use, IIRC,
Matshita/Panasonic); others have reported switches on the drive that let you
switch it to Master
- iTunes/Disk Burner compatibility: many Combo drives are compatible right
out of the box; almost all drives can be made compatible: in 9 by using a
modified Authoring Support exension, in Jaguar by using a freeware app
called Patchburn

Prices have dropped a lot and you can now find fast Combos (burn CDs at 24x)
for less than $100 either on ebay or from an online store. Fire up Google
and have a look. 

Good luck.

Chris


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Re: Pismo Battery and DVD problems

2003-12-04 Thread Joe Crow 
The chair recognizes P. H. Adams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make it good...

>> Second, The CD/DVD drive only reads DVD's no CD's are read, the drive
>> spins up but no icon on the desktop.
>> I've reloaded the latest extension  for OS 9.1 with the same result.
>> 
> 
> This is a common problem on the Pismos that shipped with problematic LG
> drives. You can check System Profiler or the drive itself for the
> letters LG, which indicate one of these drives. The PBs that shipped
> with Matsushita-manufactured drives are not reported to have the same
> problems. In any case, the only real solution is to replace it. There
> are replacement drives offered by MCE Tech and if you look around on
> eBay, you can usually find several there as well. I probably should
> have sent mine to Apple for replacement as I've got AppleCare, but I
> didn't want to give the laptop up for several days. Also, I've heard
> that Apple is sometimes unwilling to admit this problem, and has been
> known to ship the 'Books back with yet another LG drive, which soon
> exhibits the same problems.

Yeah. Happened to me twice. The first time, I just brought it in and they
replaced it with another LG drive. Same thing happened a few months later,
just as my Applecare was about to run out. Apple wanted me to bring in my
whole system so they could see if it was something besides the drive. Bah. I
just went on Ebay and got a 3rd party CD-R/DVD-ROM drive and dropped it into
the tray from the old drive. After I found the burner software update,
everything worked great. Plus, now I can play the LOTR Extended Editions.
Yay!

-- Joe Crow

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Re: Pismo Battery and DVD problems

2003-12-03 Thread P. H. Adams 
On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 10:49  AM, Ed Theriault wrote:

First, the book won't power up without the power adapter being used 
the battery control strip shows the battery
being charged but then shows the battery with a red X over it (menu 
bar) and the control strip shows the expansion bay as empty.
I'm assuming a bad battery. Any thoughts different to this?
Ed, both of these sound like problems I've had with my Pismo. First, 
the battery is probably dead. If it's the original battery that came 
with the laptop, the age is probably about right for replacement. I had 
to buy a new one a few months ago -- I believe it was through 
MacConnection or MacMall. There's an Apple utility called Apple Battery 
Reset that runs under OS 9 (only, if I'm not mistaken) that can 
sometimes salvage batteries on G3-series PBs. You can find it through 
Version Tracker.
 Second, The CD/DVD drive only reads DVD's no CD's are read, the drive 
spins up but no icon on the desktop.
I've reloaded the latest extension  for OS 9.1 with the same result.

This is a common problem on the Pismos that shipped with problematic LG 
drives. You can check System Profiler or the drive itself for the 
letters LG, which indicate one of these drives. The PBs that shipped 
with Matsushita-manufactured drives are not reported to have the same 
problems. In any case, the only real solution is to replace it. There 
are replacement drives offered by MCE Tech and if you look around on 
eBay, you can usually find several there as well. I probably should 
have sent mine to Apple for replacement as I've got AppleCare, but I 
didn't want to give the laptop up for several days. Also, I've heard 
that Apple is sometimes unwilling to admit this problem, and has been 
known to ship the 'Books back with yet another LG drive, which soon 
exhibits the same problems. I use mine with an external FW CDR drive 
most of the time, so it hasn't been a terrible inconvenience except 
when traveling since I don't feel like lugging the external drive 
around with me.

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Pismo Battery and DVD problems

2003-12-03 Thread Ed Theriault 
Hello listers.

 I'm new to the G-Books list and have a couple questions about a pismo
I've recently acquired which has a problem or two.
 First, the book won't power up without the power adapter being used 
the battery control strip shows the battery
being charged but then shows the battery with a red X over it (menu bar) 
and the control strip shows the expansion bay as empty.
I'm assuming a bad battery. Any thoughts different to this?

 Second, The CD/DVD drive only reads DVD's no CD's are read, the drive 
spins up but no icon on the desktop.
I've reloaded the latest extension  for OS 9.1 with the same result.

Any help would be appreciated.

Ed T

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