This is fantastic advise, and thank you!! I will post my success/ failure soon.
On Dec 6, 11:14 pm, "K K" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi,Regarding the Pismo upgrade of a DVD option, (and selectively summarising > the opinions expressed: > 1. One piece of advice was "The site states, that it is set in the firmware > to "cable select/slave". The drives in the Pismo all had a switch to select > master mode". > 2. Another mentioned "Setting the jumper correctly is a different matter. If > you set it to "cable select" you may be right, it quite possibly wouldn't > boot since the cable in the Pismo doesn't support "cable select" setting. > You'd need to set the unit to "master" before installing it". > 3. Yet another wrote "the problem is, that the most recent drives do not > support the selection of master or slave. They do not have the jumper > anymore. A very few may have a firmware, that preferably selects master at > startup. But if they do not have a jumper and there is no special firmware, > you might find yourself with a non-bootable drive". > > From my experience it is important to check that the DVD drive you buy for a > Pismo is set to Master. I purchased a UJ-810B drive which I thought would > work since other Panasonic models did. However, not only is it NOT bootable, > but it will not accept any CD or DVD put into it. It immediately spits them > out the side. I believe that is because the drive is set to Slave and would > need the jumper soldered to change it to Master for it to work. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
