On Jan 15, 2009, at 8:13 AM, hillhippy wrote:
> > On Jan 14, 10:09 pm, "Kyle Parish" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am not sure, but it does'nt sound like a mechanical problem. >> >> When there is a Disk in, do you R click (Control + click with an old >> mouse) and click the eject button, or do you Drag the disk to trash? >> Try both and see if they both work. > > It makes no difference how I eject the disc, if something is in the > tray it always works. And when the tray is empty it won't open for > any command keyboard or mouse click that I have found. I'm thinking > it has something to do with the software/logic that is internal to the > drive. > > The drive burns and reads media fine, but it is a pain to always > remember to have a disc in the drive or you'll have to pry it open. > If I can't sort this out I'll look for a sale at Fry's and buy a > replacement drive. I picked up an OS X compatible Samsung DVD DL drive for $23 at Computer Geeks. They don't even have one that costs more than $30... <http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=DVD> I don't have a Frys locally, so I'm stuck with Mail order. Bastiges won't open one here, and I'm not driving to Phoenix to shop. -- 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 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
