on 07/06/03 00:36, Andrew King at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Glad tidings! > I just got a 400 Mhz Lombard with DVD yet. > I needed the sellers guidance but I found the Apple DVD player and was > able to see a little of a Bond DVD. Now to hunt up a S-video cable and > see what it looks like on the larger screen. > The DVD drive is a Matshita "DVD-ROM SR-8171 rev 080E" , is this the > troublesome one? I have noticed that sometimes it won't recognize a CD > or DVD. It also seems to start up periodically and move the heads. Is it > supposed to be doing this? > It's got 128 MB RAM, I'm thinking it would be worth upping that for OS > 9.2, how much makes sense? Any preferred vendors? > I need to get a expansion bay floppy, is the VST superdisk the best option? > I'm also moving up the the keyprints on the screen problem, I can't see > them when the screen is on, should I worry about them? Are they going to > get worse? > Lastly this machine came without the rubber feet and the IR port window. > Any tips on sources? I've located a bottom case on E-bay that I could > get the parts off, we'll see how cheap it goes. > > Thanks to all for sage advice...
The troublesome one was the "LG" drive. Yours should be fine. Not to say that sometimes, you can experience problems with any drive... Look and contact the guys at PowerBook Parts <http://www.pbparts.com/>. They were very helpful when I needed some parts in the past. -Laurent. -- ============================================================================ Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin <http://nemesys.dyndns.org> Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fortrash /for'trash/ n.: Hackerism for the FORTRAN (FORmula TRANslator) language, referring to its primitive design, gross and irregular syntax, limited control constructs, and slippery, exception-filled semantics. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
