Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-07-01 Thread Sri Gupta
I had a similar problem with the Apple Superdrive that came with my QS- it would read silver (pressed) DVDs and CDs, would refuse to read burned DVDs, or burn blank DVDs. It would burn and read CDs just fine, it just had trouble with DVDs. I think the lasers on the old optical drives just wear

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-30 Thread Dan
At 5:36 PM -0700 6/29/2010, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a dvd on it when I got it and thought it was fine? but I just today tried to get a cd to mount and for some reason it won't? bad drive? or not. Check its

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-30 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jun 30, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Dan wrote: At 5:36 PM -0700 6/29/2010, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a dvd on it when I got it and thought it was fine? but I just today tried to get a cd to mount and for some reason it

dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-29 Thread Jeffrey Engle
I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a dvd on it when I got it and thought it was fine? but I just today tried to get a cd to mount and for some reason it won't? bad drive? or not. Jeff Engle Kamiah, Idaho 83536 My Mac Information: Power Mac

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-29 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a dvd on it when I got it and thought it was fine? but I just today tried to get a cd to mount and for some reason it won't? bad drive? or not. Jeff

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-29 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a dvd on it when I got it and thought it was fine? but I just today tried to get a cd to mount and for some

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-29 Thread John Carmonne
On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a dvd on it when I got it and thought it was fine?

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-29 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Jun 29, 2010, at 6:06 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:48 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:39 PM, John Carmonne wrote: On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:36 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-29 Thread Bill Connelly
On Jun 29, 2010, at 9:40 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: John, just so happens that I installed the drive into an external fw enclosure... it's still kind-of sporadic in behavior, the first time I put a cd in in, it would not mount on the desktop, but.. when I opened the drawer, then closed

Re: dvd's but no cd's? what's up with that?

2010-06-29 Thread JOHN CARMONNE
I bought a used pioneer DVR-106PB (apple branded) on ebay last month I tried a dvd on it when I got it and thought it was fine? but I just today tried to get a cd to mount and for some reason it won't? bad drive? or not. Is it in the PM G5? Yes... it is. Jeff I had this