Greetings all, Just a report re: an odd behavior with my G5's optical drive. The G5 in question is one of the older 1.6GHz single CPU units (3-Gig RAM) with an OEM Pioneer 106D Super Drive, running OS 10.5.5. Here's the report: All DVDs are read fine, movie or software or back-up data
Some *CDs* will not mount (to read/install software), but some will. The only similar trait that the non-mounting CDs have is that they host installable software that requires authorization of sorts, either an active authorization (where the reg. no. needs to be logged in order to proceed with installation), or a scanned activation via an iLok dongle. If the CD is a home-burn, or a commercial plug-n-play (so to speak), it reads fine. If the disk is a DVD, it reads fine. The fix? Unplug the ethernet cable..... the CD will spin up and mount! Anybody else have or heard of something similar in experience? Quite curious! Thanks, Dana --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml 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/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
