>My friend Helene has a graphite CRT iMac, G3/500. Her CD/DVD player only >plays CDs and spits out DVDs. Is her player half broken? Is it >software/driver? Hardware? The drive itself is recognized in the System >Profiler.
This Mac probably has a CD drive, not a DVD drive. Spitting is the normal reaction in this situation. System Profiler should be telling you if the drive supports DVDs. Time to shop for a Mac Mini. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
