On Mar 23, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Jeff Hurst wrote:
> he gets sound and video when he plays a DVD! The drive spins and > does not read cds > > Apple Powerbook G3 "Pismo" with G4 550 mghz upgrade 100 gig HD > Tiger OSX and OS 9.2 This sounds like the classic 'LG Drive failure' that inflicted the Pismos. or the CDs he's having problems with are not playing well. Being able to read DVD's and not CD's or vice versa was a very common symptom. Ask him are these program pre-recorded cd's (like installers), pre- recorded audio cd's, or audio or data CDR's & CDRW's? If data cd's were they recorded on a PC? They could be packet-written disks which aren't closed, those could be a problem. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
