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
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?
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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
, could it be that the corpses are the result of attempts
to defeat the DVD region system? Several hacks are out there
F.
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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:19:15 EDT
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
Having
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
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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
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
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,
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
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
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