Re: Ti powerbook cd drive problem

2004-07-20 Thread Greg Pennefather
powerbook cd drive problem On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 18:07, John Reed wrote: I have a g4 ti powerbook 667mhz with a CD read/write and DVD player. The DVD is working fine - just installed Final Cut using it. However it does not recognise a CD, and spits it out. Anybody got any ideas? Try another

RE: Ti powerbook cd drive problem

2004-07-20 Thread Neil.Francis
I believe that CD and DVD work use different wavelengths - dvd using a shorter wavelength to help get the higher capacity. To implement this dual lasers are probably being used. So perhaps the CD laser has died, but the DVD laser is still working fine? Neil -Original Message-