sticky drawer on Pismo DVD drive
I've been trying to sort out a Lombard for my father in law and I have a 6x DVD drive that seems to work OK once you get the drive closed. The drawer binds as I try and close it, sometimes I have to open it and clse it several times before I can get it to close all the way. Once it's closed it works fine. There seems to be a lot of friction in the slides so either something's jumped the track or something needs lubrication. If I can't find anything obvoiusly out of line I'm thinking of a little silicon lube on the slides. Any suggestions? Thanks Andrew in Ann Arbor technology is the answer, what was the question? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Pismo DVD Drive
I know I could buy her a new DVD drive for the Pismo, either s/hand via eBay or even (at considerable expense...) new. But this is an old machine, and I'm not sure I want to spend too much money keeping it fettled. The other possibility that's occurred to me is to buy an external firewire optical drive. I believe LaCie do one (several?). Has anyone got any experience of running an external firewire DVD drive on an older PB? - Pismo or Lombard via a firewire port in a card? Tom Burke First off you may be able to fix your DVD drive. If the laser reader gets dust on it the drive will run as yours does but won't be able to read the data on the disk. You can try either a CD lens cleaner disk or one of those small cans of compressed air sold for camera lens etc. This has fixed many drives thought dead. I have a Pioneer DVD RW 105(A05) drive which I put in a Firewire case. ADS Pyro brand never had any problem with this combo. It is seen as an Apple Super drive by both my desktop and Pismo machines. With Jaguar I needed some hacks for everything to work. Panther everything works with no hacks on my Apple desktop. Even iDVD and DVD player work fine. best of luck. Will S Check the system profiler and see if it is an LG drive...I had one in this Pismo and one day back in July, it suddenly stopped mounting DVD's but did mount CD's...Called A/C and they tried firmware update etc...no joy there so a kind tech sent me a replacement..also an LG..Now, after playing only about 12 DVD's since mid July, this one is doing the exact same thing...It whirrs and stops ..What a POS!!! I do have an external LaCie burner (Pioneer 106-D) that works great but I need the internal for the Pismo. I will try the air can and see if that works...If I do have to get another drive, Iunderstand that the Matsushita's are much better..However I am leery of trying to tear the case apart to put a new drive inside of the current carrier...If you have any success, please let us know...I will do likewise... Regards, Mike K -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive caddy
Michelle Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a Pismo DVD drive that's bare...that is, the outermost part is the metal casing, there's no black plastic surrounding caddy. Any ideas where I could get the caddy part, so I can use the drive? Or is the only solution to buy a whole new drive? You can use any caddy (or sled) for Lombard or Pismo, they're all the same. I've found the cheapest way to acquire one is to 'eBuy' a non-functional Lombard CD drive and pull its sled. I paid ~~$20 for the most recent one I picked up. Here on my page on EBMs some more infos and pics: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html#pismo And re: your question whether a Pismo will boot with no HD and no PRAM . . . it needs neither to boot. Go ahead and plug it in and see if it works! THe M4402 is an appropriate PS BTW, it's the same 45W as the original PS. hth, Dan K . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Pismo DVD drive caddy
Another Pismo part question: I have a Pismo DVD drive that's bare...that is, the outermost part is the metal casing, there's no black plastic surrounding caddy. Any ideas where I could get the caddy part, so I can use the drive? Or is the only solution to buy a whole new drive? Michelle __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:40:27 -0400 From: Pete Gregory Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:47:58 -0500 From: James Rohde Message-Id: [snip] Pete, you possibly have the dreaded 'LG dying' problem (which I had shortly before my original warranty ran out). The LG model of drive has documented problems with failing way too soon (the Matsushita drive doesn't appear to have the problem). I had similar symptoms when my drive started going south. Well, I never had applecare so I guess it's going to be an expensive fix. Looking on the web, it appears the replacement is $130 up. OTOH I've seen two combo drives for $200 $300 (http://www.wegenermedia.com/pismocombo.htm) and I saw an article on http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/oem_combo_drives/build_guide/build_combo_drive.html for using a Matsushita UJDA 710 drive as an alternative (about $100 on ebay) tempting. Has anyone any other suggestions or thoughts on this matter? And how do I explain it to the wife? Thanks Pete another LG victim. Hi- I just replaced a Pismo DVD drive (actually a working Matsushita model) with a UJDA-720. The switch was simple, but I had to drill another hole because the Pismo faceplate had different mounts than the HP the drive came from. Anyway, the drive was $52 on eBay - just look in the laptop components section and be patient. This one had a picture of the actual drive, so I knew it was a Matsushita mechanism. Apple System Profiler recognizes the drive, but disc burning and iTunes aren't supported. Toast, however, will work with the drive so now I have a working combo drive in the wife's Pismo. BTW, I also tested the drive in my Lombard and I could burn with Toast there, too. My next step is to work on the disc burner support file so I can do things from Finder and iTunes. I didn't see that one in a quick run thru xlr8, but I can do more looking today. --- JSH webmail -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:47:58 -0500 From: James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [snip] Pete, you possibly have the dreaded 'LG dying' problem (which I had shortly before my original warranty ran out). The LG model of drive has documented problems with failing way too soon (the Matsushita drive doesn't appear to have the problem). I had similar symptoms when my drive started going south. Well, I never had applecare so I guess it's going to be an expensive fix. Looking on the web, it appears the replacement is $130 up. OTOH I've seen two combo drives for $200 $300 (http://www.wegenermedia.com/pismocombo.htm) and I saw an article on http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/oem_combo_drives/build_guide/build_combo_drive.html for using a Matsushita UJDA 710 drive as an alternative (about $100 on ebay) tempting. Has anyone any other suggestions or thoughts on this matter? And how do I explain it to the wife? Thanks Pete another LG victim. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Pismo DVD drive not recognising CD's
Any bright ideas as what the problem is and how to fix it? My 3 year old pismo (OS 9.22, 382 Mb Ram, stock 20Mb HD) has stopped recognising CD's. I put a CD or CD-R in the drive, close the unit, the drive spins up, spins down about a second later and that's it. Checking in sys profiler shows 'no media' and the eject button on the unit still works. I've tried with a few CD's, pulled the drive out and reseated it but no joy. However, it happily reads DVDs with no problems. Model is LG (DVD-ROM DRN8080B rev LAB8) with driver version 1.4.7. I have not loaded any new software or tweaked the hardware for a long time. My workaround of using fetch to copy from a linux box over the network is rather painful and only works with mac disks. Suggestions gratefully appreciated. Pete. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognising CD's
Try http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gionpeters//pb1400.htm Towards the bottom of the page he suggests how to fix a 1400's CD drive. Might work for you too... Wiebe. On 14/7/03 11:36 PM, Pete Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any bright ideas as what the problem is and how to fix it? My 3 year old pismo (OS 9.22, 382 Mb Ram, stock 20Mb HD) has stopped recognising CD's. I put a CD or CD-R in the drive, close the unit, the drive spins up, spins down about a second later and that's it. Checking in sys profiler shows 'no media' and the eject button on the unit still works. I've tried with a few CD's, pulled the drive out and reseated it but no joy. However, it happily reads DVDs with no problems. Model is LG (DVD-ROM DRN8080B rev LAB8) with driver version 1.4.7. I have not loaded any new software or tweaked the hardware for a long time. My workaround of using fetch to copy from a linux box over the network is rather painful and only works with mac disks. Suggestions gratefully appreciated. Pete. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognising CD's
You'll probably be told this by a hundred other people on this list but the answer is those dreaded letters LG. These Lucky Goldstar drives fail all the time. I got through three of them until someone said try and the Matsushita brand. So far, mine has been fine. I'm sure you'll find that's the answer... Tony -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognising CD's
I had this exact same problem and figuring that the mechanism was blown, bought a new mechanism for it from Wegener Media. They mentioned this happens a lot with the DRN8080B mechanism, and they've found a new revision of the drive which is less problematic. As it's working perfectly now with the new mechanism, I'm pretty certain that the diagnosis was correct. Apparently it's something that LG has addressed, but obviously not soon enough for those of us who were blessed with LG mechanisms. I think the total damage was around $100 for a new mechanism, and it only took about 3 minutes to install. Probably the easiest (and least expensive!) fix I've done for my Pismo to date. Hope it helps. Tom On 14/7/03 11:36 PM, Pete Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any bright ideas as what the problem is and how to fix it? My 3 year old pismo (OS 9.22, 382 Mb Ram, stock 20Mb HD) has stopped recognising CD's. I put a CD or CD-R in the drive, close the unit, the drive spins up, spins down about a second later and that's it. Checking in sys profiler shows 'no media' and the eject button on the unit still works. I've tried with a few CD's, pulled the drive out and reseated it but no joy. However, it happily reads DVDs with no problems. Model is LG (DVD-ROM DRN8080B rev LAB8) with driver version 1.4.7. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's
On 07/14/2003, Pete Gregory apparently wrote: Any bright ideas as what the problem is and how to fix it? My 3 year old pismo (OS 9.22, 382 Mb Ram, stock 20Mb HD) has stopped recognising CD's. I put a CD or CD-R in the drive, close the unit, the drive spins up, spins down about a second later and that's it. Checking in sys profiler shows 'no media' and the eject button on the unit still works. I've tried with a few CD's, pulled the drive out and reseated it but no joy. However, it happily reads DVDs with no problems. Model is LG (DVD-ROM DRN8080B rev LAB8) with driver version 1.4.7. I have not loaded any new software or tweaked the hardware for a long time. My workaround of using fetch to copy from a linux box over the network is rather painful and only works with mac disks. Suggestions gratefully appreciated. Pete. Pete, you possibly have the dreaded 'LG dying' problem (which I had shortly before my original warranty ran out). The LG model of drive has documented problems with failing way too soon (the Matsushita drive doesn't appear to have the problem). I had similar symptoms when my drive started going south. Since I'd guess you're not even covered by AppleCare, you may be out of luck (if you are still - even barely - within your AppleCare warranty, RUN your Pismo to the closest Apple service provider for an exchange of the drive. Heck, call Apple first to ensure that they know of the problem occurring within your warranty!). From my own and others reports of how Apple handles the replacement, you may get another (possibly refurbished?) LG drive, or if you get really lucky, you may get the Matsushita drive. My replacement LG drive has been working fine so far (Thank Heaven for that!). HTH, Jim Rohde Give what you have. To someone it may be better than you dare think. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
This is what I have for swapping drives: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/oem_combo_drives/build_guide/build_combo_dr ive.html LOL, That's it! thanks for doing my homework Tom! =) I would like to keep this thread very active as lots of people have Pismo (firwire 2000) laptops. If apple is making an exchange program for the Windtunnel powermacs perhaps if we make noise, this widespread problem will be solved. I love my Pismo, I just wish it didn't have so many problems. Ryan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
Ryan, Just curious...what are the so many problems that you have with your Pismo? Mike Kochkodin Oh let me count the ways: (Day.month.year) Computer purchased on 12.1.2001 27.4.2001 Battery will not hold charge. Replaced 5.11.2001 LG-8080B (DVD) stopped mounting DVDs, CDs shortly after. Replaced 13.8.2002 Battery will not hold charge. Replaced along with non-faulty cord 17.12.2002 During my applecare call I stated that the Batt wouldn't hold a charge AND stopped reading DVD/CDs. Applecare said I will have the tech look at the motherboard. BATTERY REPLACED ONLY 03.01.2003 DVD still broke from before, sent it in again. DVD Replaced 3 battery replacements, 2 DVD replacements 20.2.2003 I used the S-Video out (for the first time) and my 512 Dimm turned into a 256 Dimm. Reseating the DIMM and zapping PRAM fixes it for a few hours, until it freezes hard. OS9 Boot says Built in memory tests failed. Contact service technician. The ram was problem free for 1.5 years with latest firmware and running 10.2.1 now. Once I tried my battery that wouldn't hold a charge in a friends Pismo. The batt Worked fine. I think I will make a personal appearance with my repair history at an applestore this summer. The problem is that my repairs have been made in Europe and America, so my entire repair history isn't on the applecare computers (I am guessing). Here is the DVD thread at apple: http://discussions.info.apple.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.efbbdf0/0 One of the threads even has a possible hardware fix: http://discussions.info.apple.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@.3bbc4cc7 I treat my computer like a porcelain doll. I rarely travel with it. It is more of a small desktop machine to me. I'm lucky (?) and have applecare until January 2004. Thanks for listening everybody, Ryan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
on 2/25/03 1:41 PM, Ryan Stewart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I love my Pismo, I just wish it didn't have so many problems. In my case, this is my only problem! I haven't had the bad screen--yet, but my drive went bad just weeks out of warranty, and just when I didn't have the money to either get the extended care, nor repair it. I do agree, however, that there needs to be a _lot_ of noise made. :-) -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. --John Adams -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
on 2/25/03 9:24 PM, Ryan Stewart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh let me count the ways: Ouch! Boy did you get a lemon! I have never seen such a list of problems for any Pismo or any other computer for that matter! :-) (with the possible exception of 5300s???) I would have given up long before. That's for sure. -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. --Benjamin Franklin -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
: One of my friends got Apple to replace his LG drive under Apple Care and : they send another LG drive as the replacement, so they must not feel it is a : problem with the brand of drive. Sigh, my dvd drive had to be replaced and under AppleCare, they sent me another LG :( So far so good...but AppleCare is expired. Actually, I think it _is_ a problem with the brand of drive. My LG has failed twice, and both times it has been replaced by a LG. Once my Battery died at the same time. At least I have Applecare till Jan. '03. You can try and beg for a Matsushita (or Matshita) SR-8174, but I tried from the Applecare-Europe folks and they wouldn't do it. I am going to go to an applestore with a printed list in my hand of how many times the battery and LG drive has been replaced on my book. Apple thinks they are saving money by not replacing my motherboard, but I think that might be the only cure to the problem. I have also heard success at using a PC DVD/CD-R in the old casing of the failed drive. I could find the web info (http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/) if anyone wants it. Good luck, Ryan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
On 02/24/2003, Ryan Stewart wrote: I have also heard success at using a PC DVD/CD-R in the old casing of the failed drive. I could find the web info (http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/) if anyone wants it. Ryan, please check and post the link. As an owner of a 2nd LG Pismo drive (now out of warranty), I'd like to have the info. Jim Rohde A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history with the possible exception of handguns and Irish whiskey. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
Hi all If the prismo use's the same drive's as the lombard, look for smartdisk drives in firewire caseing's they are cheap on ebay at the moment, and most of them are Teac branded drives inside. These make very good swap in/out drives in the old caseing's as the connector cards have the same interface.( i have a cd rw in my lombard out of one of these case's) Victoria. James Rohde wrote: On 02/24/2003, Ryan Stewart wrote: I have also heard success at using a PC DVD/CD-R in the old casing of the failed drive. I could find the web info (http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/) if anyone wants it. Ryan, please check and post the link. As an owner of a 2nd LG Pismo drive (now out of warranty), I'd like to have the info. Jim Rohde A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history with the possible exception of handguns and Irish whiskey. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
This is what I have for swapping drives: http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/oem_combo_drives/build_guide/build_combo_dr ive.html Tom Ryan, please check and post the link. As an owner of a 2nd LG Pismo drive (now out of warranty), I'd like to have the info. Jim Rohde -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Questions regarding Pismo DVD drive
Hi all, I have the following Pismo: PBG3 400MHz, 12GB HDD, OS9.2.2 10.2.3 I have encountered the problem that not all DVDs are able to be loaded (mounted). When I insert a movie DVD, the MacOS normally recognises it and then loads the DVD Player application. However, some DVDs are not able to be mounted and the DVD drive just sits there, reading the disc. Nothing appears on the Finder. The same DVDs mount and play fine on new PC laptops running Windows Me. The same DVDs also play fine on a standalone DVD player. I suspect some problem with the DVD drive. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Mark. WARNING : Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the intended addressee, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance thereon. Communication of any information in this email to any unauthorised person is an offence under the Official Secrets Act (Cap 213). Please notify the sender immediately if you receive this in error. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Pismo dvd drive/was Re: Playing CD's
On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 07:59 PM, Eugene Lee wrote: On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 10:05:59AM -0600, Thomas Ethen wrote: : : One of my friends got Apple to replace his LG drive under Apple Care and : they send another LG drive as the replacement, so they must not feel it is a : problem with the brand of drive. Sigh, my dvd drive had to be replaced and under AppleCare, they sent me another LG :( So far so good...but AppleCare is expired. D -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
on 7/16/02 6:19 PM, Michael Bryan Bell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately Jon you're kind of screwed- DVD's in OSX are a dream, but in OS9 they leave a lot to be desired. I honestly (and I tried, believe me) could never really get it to work using 9.0 and below (gave up and used my PC). It showed all the symptoms you're describing- I'd have to reboot the computer 4-6 times to get through a movie due to a hard lockup. It may be hardware related, the pismo's have more issues than I can keep track of, but it could just be the crappy OS9 DVD player. Actually, in my experimentation, I haven't had any problems with DVDs, only CDs. DVDs read fine, but I can't get a single CD to mount anymore. It stopped in one day, in the middle of swapping disks, in fact. The last one to read required that I press in on the door the whole time. If I released pressure, the CD would stop reading, and the system would pause until I pressed in on the door again. We enjoy watching the few DVDs we have on 9.2.2, and have had only intermittent problems. I have learned, however, to always reboot the comuter before watching, and to make sure that the player is the only thing open. That said, I forgot on Saturday, and let the kids watch an hour of Reksio cartoons, with about a half a dozen apps open in the background. :-) I had hoped that Apple would fix the drive without complaints, but I begin to doubt that. I will try calling them today, however, and see what happens... -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in their struggle for independence. -- C. A. Beard -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
on 7/16/02 7:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The majority of the dead drives are the LG (DRN8080B), which are pretty worthless units, in general.. What's the number for the Matsushita drive? -- -Jon Glass Krakow, Poland mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
What you are describing, has been explained to me as a natural process of DVDs. It was explained to me like this. DVDs can have multiple layers. At some point, the laser has to switch layers. It is at this point that the pause occurs. The fact that it's at the same place every time suggests this to me. So, has the advice I've been given correct, or am I misleading another unlucky soul as I have been mislead? :-) In the old days you had double-sided DVD's (written data on each side) which did require the lasers to switch... Now though almost all DVD's (besides something like an superdrive made DVD) are made as dual-layered DVD's: if I remember correctly the laser focuses itself just a little differently to be able to read the layer it wants. If you're using a double sided DVD, it shouldn't hang but rather spit it out with a message asking you to flip it over and reinsert it (I have an old stargate one that does this). The laser refocusing in newer ones shouldn't even be noticeable at all. Unfortunately Jon you're kind of screwed- DVD's in OSX are a dream, but in OS9 they leave a lot to be desired. I honestly (and I tried, believe me) could never really get it to work using 9.0 and below (gave up and used my PC). It showed all the symptoms you're describing- I'd have to reboot the computer 4-6 times to get through a movie due to a hard lockup. It may be hardware related, the pismo's have more issues than I can keep track of, but it could just be the crappy OS9 DVD player. Heh, surprised apple never got sued about it, I know I wasn't the only one who could never get it to work. Michael Bryan Bell -- ICQ: 16106263Yahoo: mhbell1 No Link for you! AIM: drunkenbatman -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
Given that a few different drive mechanisms were available in these modules, do you know if the several dozen dead drives (sddd) are of the same model? Apple system profiler should cough up the pertinent info under the devices and volumes tab. (guessing, my drive is at home) Furthermore, could it be that the corpses are the result of attempts to defeat the DVD region system? Several hacks are out there F. -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:19:15 EDT Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive problem Having accumulated several dozen of these dead drives, I can vouch that it is NEITHER a connector problem nor a motherboard, software, or PRAM problem. The drive is the problem--they die, and they die regularly. We've begun replacing these for the unlucky who are no longer covered by Apple, and in every instance I've tested the drive, and found them to be bad. They may read CD but they won't read DVD. IT happens over over.. Thanks, David www.ibookparts.com www.wegenermedia.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
Furthermore, could it be that the corpses are the result of attempts to defeat the DVD region system? Several hacks are out there Doubtful- I've cracked just about every drive I've owned due to my gf being from australia. It's really pretty harmless if you get your update from a reliable source- essentially just changing a small setting that keeps it from only allowing one region. I've never noticed any differences in functionality beyond it being region free. Michael Bryan Bell -- ICQ: 16106263Yahoo: mhbell1 No Link for you! AIM: drunkenbatman -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
The majority of the dead drives are the LG (DRN8080B), which are pretty worthless units, in general.. Thanks, David www.ibookparts.com www.wegenermedia.com 228 Elberta Dr Lexington, SC 29073 - - - - - - - - - - - 803.808.4362 - office 803.920.3336 - cell (212) 857.4931 - fax In a message dated 7/16/02 11:58:53 AM, you wrote: Given that a few different drive mechanisms were available in these modules, do you know if the several dozen dead drives (sddd) are of the same model? Apple system profiler should cough up the pertinent info under the devices and volumes tab. (guessing, my drive is at home) Furthermore, could it be that the corpses are the result of attempts to defeat the DVD region system? Several hacks are out there F. -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:19:15 EDT Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive problem Having accumulated several dozen of these dead drives, I can vouch that it is NEITHER a connector problem nor a motherboard, software, or PRAM problem. The drive is the problem--they die, and they die regularly. We've begun replacing these for the unlucky who are no longer covered by Apple, and in every instance I've tested the drive, and found them to be bad. They may read CD but they won't read DVD. IT happens over over.. Thanks, David www.ibookparts.com www.wegenermedia.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com --- Headers Return-Path: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Received: from rly-xh04.mx.aol.com (rly-xh04.mail.aol.com [172.20.115.233]) by air-xh04.mail.aol.com (v86_r1.16) with ESMTP id MAILINXH42-0716125852; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:58:52 -0400 Received: from mail.maclaunch.com ([157.238.133.140]) by rly-xh04.mx.aol.com (v86_r1.15) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXH48-0716125844; Tue, 16 Jul 2002 12:58:44 -0400 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 3.3.1 List-Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] List-Archive: http://mail.maclaunch.com:8100/Lists/G-Books/List.html Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G-Books) Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G-Books) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G-Books) Precedence: list X-Original-Message-Id: p05100301b959ec75ee36@[10.0.1.2] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 11:57:46 -0500 From: Frank Cornew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive problem -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
On 7/16/02 12:39 PM Frank Cornew edified us all by writing: Given that a few different drive mechanisms were available in these modules, do you know if the several dozen dead drives (sddd) are of the same model? Apple system profiler should cough up the pertinent info under the devices and volumes tab. (guessing, my drive is at home) From what I recall of the earlier posts, almost all the problem drives were the LG model (DRN8080B). Plus, there is a discussion area on Apple's site where there are lots of posts about this problem with the CD/DVD drive. Jim Rohde -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
Having accumulated several dozen of these dead drives, I can vouch that it is NEITHER a connector problem nor a motherboard, software, or PRAM problem. The drive is the problem--they die, and they die regularly. We've begun replacing these for the unlucky who are no longer covered by Apple, and in every instance I've tested the drive, and found them to be bad. They may read CD but they won't read DVD. IT happens over over.. Thanks, David www.ibookparts.com www.wegenermedia.com In a message dated 7/14/02 5:01:51 PM, you wrote: some found that swapping two non-working drives worked again if swapped between machines, etc. That's a connector problem, pure and simple. Grunge and corrosion in the connectors will cause problems like that...putting them in different machines means the connectors take slightly different paths in mating, which scrapes a bit off, making connections again. Try cleaning the connectors with contact cleaner. Most contact cleaners are ok for plastics, but test it on an inconspicuous part of your pismo case before spraying stuff around. -- Bruce Johnson -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Pismo DVD drive problem
Hi- I'm new to the list. I discovered it while online, looking for info regarding my newly-dead DVD drive. I hope I'm not asking a FAQ, but I couldn't find one that would answer this sort of question. My DVD drive started giving me problems back in January (about two weeks after the warranty ran out). It would give me problems reading disks, usually either freezing the computer or simply not mounting it. It seemed to be fixed by changing back to 9.1 for a while, but still reared its ugly head on occasion. When 9.2.2 came out, I upgraded without much problem, but the problem still showed up on occasion. In the past two weeks, it got worse, but this weekend, it went wild, in in the process of swapping CDs, it stopped entirely, and hasn't read a CD since Friday. It seems to read DVDs fine, but not CDs. From my explorations on the web, this is a common problem. My question is this. What is the likelyhood of Apple fixing this for me, or for my having to pay for this. It sure seems to me that it is a manufacturer's defect. Am I correct? What should I do? TIA. -- Jon Glass Krakow, Poland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'A general dissolution of principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy. While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but when once they lose their virtue then will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader. -- Samuel Adams -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
My DVD drive started giving me problems back in January (about two weeks after the warranty ran out). It would give me problems reading disks, usually either freezing the computer or simply not mounting it. It seemed to be fixed by changing back to 9.1 for a while, but still reared its ugly head on occasion. When 9.2.2 came out, I upgraded without much problem, but the problem still showed up on occasion. In the past two weeks, it got worse, but this weekend, it went wild, in in the process of swapping CDs, it stopped entirely, and hasn't read a CD since Friday. It seems to read DVDs fine, but not CDs. From my explorations on the web, this is a common problem. My question is this. What is the likelyhood of Apple fixing this for me, or for my having to pay for this. It sure seems to me that it is a manufacturer's defect. Am I correct? What should I do? TIA. I've been reading the Discussions boards at Apple' site. This DVD problems appear to becoming more common, and the actually source of the problem is unknown. Some Pismo uses solved the problem with a CD/DVD drive replacement, others replaced the motherboard, some found that swapping two non-working drives worked again if swapped between machines, etc. However, there may be nothing wrong with your DVD, it may be the Prefs. The DVD preferences can become corrupted, allowing DVD's to still work, but crashing when CD's are inserted. Try deleting ALL the Preferences dealing with the DVD or CD Drive. - Ron. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Mac? Free email more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
