on 2/4/03 10:44 AM, Lou Hailey at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ----- On 2/4/03 1:46 AM, Richard Heward ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > >> The other work round is to leave a CD in there. It recognises it ok and I >> don't get the messages. I don't like having "something wrong" with my >> machine. > > I understand this is status quo for some non-Apple ROMed, but bootable CD > drives on a StarMax. I've a 3000/200/JoeCard with a bootable Toshiba > DVD/CDRW & have the precise, now less than annoying, inexorable problem.
My bet is that both of you have your CD drives connected to your motherboard (IDE). My understanding is that it's an incompatibility between the SM's IDE bus and some 3rd party DVD/CDRW's IDE implementations. A couple of years ago, some other folks have chased all over the internet for a REAL solution, but didn't find one. I had the same symptom when my generic CDRW was connected to the motherboard. Keeping a CD loaded in it eliminated the symptom. I now have the same CDRW connected via a PCI ATA66 card along with an 80GB HD. The symptom disappeared. Regards........... Kirk 5500/325/JoeCard -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
