On Jan 3, 2010, at 9:30 PM, tonycd wrote: > > Any reason to believe the drive isn't dead, and/or any remaining > tests, procedures or paramedic help I've not yet tried?
Replacements are cheap enough that it's senseless to spend much time trying all the stuff you've been told to do. OS X doesn't fail like this, but optical drives do, regularly. They're the most mechanically complex and fallible part of a computer, and for a long time they've been seriously commodity items, which means corners get cut routinely in manufacture. Frys Electronics has a Pioneer DVD- R-RW for $29: <http://tinyurl.com/ycfdumt> Some googling produced a Lite-ON DL drive for $32 <http://salestores.com/liteonihap32.html> -- 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 a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
