On Mar 29, 2005, at 10:52 PM, Amanda Ward wrote: I tried several burners (DVD/CD-R/RW) in my B&W, and while I couldn't burn or boot from them, at least they =would= read CD media. You might try setting the drive for "cable select" (CS) mode... don't know if the B&W/OS supports this, but at this point, it couldn't hurt.
Amanda -----Original Message----- From: G-List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Victoria Brandon Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:45 AM To: G-List Subject: Re: [G] B&W upgrade problems Thank you thank you, everyone who responded to my SOS. You've convinced me to get an ATA card for this machine that seemed like such a bargain! -- I've already invested in an internal modem (works fine), a second HD (needs card to make work) and a CD burner (doesn't work). As for getting more RAM (there's only one 256MB stick in there now), I've been outbid repeatedly on eBay, and am about to retreat to retail sources. Amanda wrote: FWIW, I read of someone putting a hard drive in the zip drive bay, but I can't recall what problems they might have had in doing so. There's a piece on Low End Mac describing exactly that, said it worked fine (but still I wouldn't dare). As for the CD burner (doesn't work), drivers for the CRX155E don't seem to exist, but Apple's driver is *supposed* to be OK. On the other hand some compatibility reports on xlr8yourmac (that I found yesterday) indicate that other people have had the exact same problem, nothing happening when the button is pushed. Incidentally when the machine is opened manually (old paperclip trick) and a known-good CD inserted nothing happens then either. The conclusion seemed to be that the burner was damaged somehow in transit, but it seems odd that the "damage" should happen repeatedly to this particular model. I've already switched the jumpers once, will try another setting. Best, Victoria Hi Victoria, I installed a CD player in my Super Mac S900 and the jumpers were set so that when a disk mounted on the desktop, there were no less than 6 icons for the CD. After much trial and effort, I got the jumpers to give only one copy of an inserted CD. I’m guessing that no jumper instructions came with the device. HTH. Eric -- 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
