On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Eric Herbert <goo...@hillcotechnology.com>wrote:
> > > > OK, first off THANKS for the cleaners for my CD-ROM and DVD Player! > > > > Now, I ran the one for the CD-ROM unit and then stuck that CD-ROM back in > and > > it STILL asks me to choose between Ignore and Eject. > > I believe I did look at this CD-ROM on my old Smurf (B&W G3) and it is > possible > > I saw it on the old 8600/200 > > When it's asking if you want to Initialize, Ignore, or Eject, it means that > either there is no data on the disc (never was burned), or if there is data > on the disc, it's in a format the computer flat out doesn't understand is > actually data (a corrupted or incomplete burn). If the drive is reading > other discs normally, it's the disc, not the drive. > > Yes, but if I understand what he's saying, the same disc that won't read on his QS is read properly on other machines, which means the disc isn't the problem. Here are the steps I would take (and indeed, did take...the optical drive on my QS went about 8 months ago). You may have done some or all of them already: 1) Clean drive. You might want to do this step 2 or 3 times, since it takes more than one cycle sometimes. 2) Open the QS, disconnect and reconnect the data cable. 3) Replace the data cable. This one can get a little hairy since the MOBO connector for the data cable is not easily accessible without some system breakdown. So you might want to skip this and go directly to 4) Replace the drive. ATAPI DVD-ROM drives are dirt cheap, and the only thing close to being difficult about the process is removing the front bezel from the drive. If none of these work, your cable and/or controller might have gone. There are secondary ATAPI controller cards which might be an option if your PCI slot is free. If not, you might want to consider an external Firewire drive. -- 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
