> > I have an odd one involving burned CDs. > Here are the players: > Beige G3 tower/333mhz/384mg RAM > OS 9.04 > Adaptec Toast 4.13 (last version before selling it to Roxio, iirc) > Yamaha SCSI 8x4x24 CD-RW > oem 24x Atapi CD drive using Apple CD/DVD as the driver. >
> > Problem: the OEM CD drive can mount, read, and copy from any commercial CD > you put into it, as well as boot up from a system CD. It works just fine, > except: it does not read any RECENTLY home-burned CDs. If I put in a > home-burned CD (burned by the Yamaha) that I created several months ago, or > a CD that someone else burned, it mounts fine; if I put in a newly-created > CD (as in, within the last month or so), I get the error message "this disk > cannot be read by this computer. do you wish to initialize?" (with the > choice to init or eject). I have a 266mHz Beige G3 Desktop also. I have seen many other posts in Usenet about the flaky OEM CD Drive in the Beige G3's. Sometimes I've found that a CD Drive cleaner will help, but eventually I gave up and replaced it with a Cendyne. The Cendyne won't boot from an OS 9 or OS X installation disk, but I keep the OEM drive around for those situations. To make a long story short, it's probably nothing you're doing wrong. The OEM Matshita just can't read burned disks very well, or consistently. I found that they worked sometimes. Jackie -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
