Wow, there is nothing like a consensus and this is nothing like a consensus :-) I thought my "ESC" key, which is a bit wonky, was causing this after reading Thom's suggestion. But, I removed it, and it still kicks it out. Maybe I'll try the compressed air trick. . . Thanks for the suggestions, guys. I've got very little in this now and it runs pretty sweet! This is more of an annoyance than anything else.
Scott Birdwell DeFalco's Home Wine & Beer Supplies Houston TX On Nov 11, 5:55 pm, "Simon Royal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi. > > My Pismo has a slot loading DVDRW DL and it doesn't do this. > > Simon > > ---http://www.simonroyal.co.ukandhttp://www.nmug.org.uk(sent using Nokia E71) > > -original message- > Subject: Re: Pismo Optical Drive > From: Carl Freire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11/11/2008 23:49 > > At 9:11 AM -0800 11/11/08, Birdman wrote: > > >I managed to score a Pismo "For Parts & Repair" off FleaBay for next > >to nothing. I lucked out, this thing is fully functional with a 10 > >gig HD, Airport card, decent battery, etc. What it didn't have was an > >AC charger, so the seller didn't know if it was functional or not. > >The only quirk about it is that when I boot it up, it kicks the DVD > >ROM tray out. I've got another Pismo, and don't think this has ever > >been an issue. Any ideas why it does this? > > No ideas for you, but my Pismo didn't do this with the original DVD > drive, but it does do this with the slot-loading DVD/CDRW tray I have > in it from MCE Technologies (which I've now had in the Pismo probably > about twice as I long as I had the original tray). > > FWLIW. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10GB HD that originally came with my Pismo is STILL kicking, > albeit it lives now in an external drive closure; meanwhile, at least > two HDs that were meant to replace it over the years have long since > bit the dust. Go figure. > -- > > ********** > > Carl Freire > cfreire /[EMAIL PROTECTED] ix.netcom.com > Tokyo, Japan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
