Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. How do you know the LG model from any of the others? It tells you in Apple System Profiler, or on the drive caddy it says DRN-8080. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them. are the units just standard Laptop IDE? I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4 Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor. -s -- Scott Lawrence [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: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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Jan 31, 2006, at 11:45 PM, James Sanderson wrote: On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. How do you know the LG model from any of the others? On mine, i was definitively able to tell by disassembling the unit. Using a #0 phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws holding the plastic flap on the back, then the two insanely tiny screws on either side of the unit. (notice that the two that go through plastic are about 2mm longer than the others) You can then lift the unit out of the carrier. The label is on the bottom. :) -sy -- Scott Lawrence [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: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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On 01/02/06 09:37, Scott Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 31, 2006, at 6:03 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them. are the units just standard Laptop IDE? Yes, they are all IDE or ATAPI in the case of CD-ROM/DVD drives. Maybe not a familiar form factor but it should be standard. -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Feb 1, 2006, at 6:37 AM, Scott Lawrence wrote: I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4 Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor. There is an adapter board on the back of the drive. Under the adapter is the standard laptop drive connector. I used a Samsung combo drive from a dell in my wife's Pismo. -Dylan -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
are the units just standard Laptop IDE? I saw the connector on the back, and it seemed to be the same connector as on the back of the slot loading drive I pulled from a G4 Cube, but I'm unfamiliar with that formfactor. Yup. Should be a drive set to Master, and if you use a different drive the front bezel won't fit. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt. Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end? DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On Jan 31, 2006, at 5:44 PM, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt. Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end? DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? As mentioned in the previous post, I'm not afraid to bring a soldering iron to the thing. -s -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. Is there any way to repair it? Or should I just toss the drive and buy a new one? I tend to replace the mechanism, never tried to repair them. -- Best wishes Malcolm Cornelius - The Powerbook Fanatic http://www.pbfanatic.co.uk -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
Hi all. I just joined. I recently came into posession of a broken G3 Powerbook Pismo. It seemed relatively complete (no hard drive, no keyboard, no psu, but cpu, ram, dvd-rom, battery). I borrowed a 3400 from work, and tried out the pismo with it, but nothing. I completely disassembled it, down to the power connector, to find that it had sheared from the board: http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0562 so I desoldered, straightned, and reconnected it: http://www.umlautllama.com/gallery/pismo/IMG_0566 I plugged it all back together, along with a 20gig spare drive I had, and it gave me the ? Folder. YAY! I just got done installing OS 9 on a 1 gig partition, and OS 10.2 on the remaining partition. It all works really well. (I do still need a shield for the ram/cpu area, keyboard, and power supply) I just finally found my 10.4 DVD-R, and was about to install that over 10.2, to find out that for some reason, the DVD-ROM drive (the stock apple one) doesn't seem to read DVD-R discs... or at least, it doesn't read DVD-R discs that I've burnt. Is this a common problem, or am I doing something wrong on my end? -s (I've also got a 15 TiBook 500 (Rev A), and my current machine, a 15 AlBook 1.67ghz... which belong to work, but for all intents and purposes, my machines.) -- Scott Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice rework on the sound/AC board. From what I gather the lombard/pismo DVDs are getting flaky by now. Luckily, you can replace the mechanisms with a number of other devices you can find on Ebay. This is a good reference page: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/ebms.html#dvdr Mad Dog -- 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 ---
Re: Hi! (and Pismo DVD-ROM issue)
On 31 Jan 2006, at 16:44, Malcolm Cornelius wrote: DVD drive failure is common for the LG model DVD drives used in Pismos. I get many enquiries for replacement DVD drives, and often they show the symptom of reading CDs but not DVDs or vice versa. How do you know the LG model from any of the others? Jim Sanderson -- 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 ---
