I'd be grateful for any advice on the following problem:
Powerbook 3400 on OS 8.6
The CD drive module has stopped operating - was working fine up to about 10 days ago.
Floppy module is operating fine. Now, when a CD is loaded it's not appearing on the
desktop or accessible in any way. Running
The 3400 don't have SCSI hard drives or CD-ROMs. There was some mention last week on
this list I believe about cleaning the drive but as you've already surmised, it might
be a hardware problem.
-tom
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From: Scoppie, Dr R.P.
Subject: CD Drive problem
I'd
As Tom already pointed out, the CD-ROM drive on the 3400 is IDE, not
SCSI. It _should_ have ID=0 (which resolves to something like ATA
Bus 1, Device 0) in the Apple System Profiler.
The 3400 has two IDE controllers; one is for the internal hard drive,
one is for expansion bay devices. It
Try looking here:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gionpeters//pb1400.htm
This site is obviously a 1400, but it sounds like a very similar problem to
what you are having. Scroll down to almost the very bottom of the page,
(past all the over clocking stuff...) where he describes changing the
I'd be grateful for any advice on the following problem:
Powerbook 3400 on OS 8.6
The CD drive module has stopped operating - was working fine up to
about 10 days ago. Floppy module is operating fine. Now, when a CD
is loaded it's not appearing on the desktop or accessible in any
way. Running
