On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:51 AM, Bruce Ryan wrote: > I think the hardware gods are against me today. I tried putting the > recalcitrant drive into my Pismo (it's easier to put drives into Pismo's > removable module than it is into the TiBook) to see if I'd cleared the > mechanism. > > No joy - and now I've put Pismo's original drive back in the module. It's now > got a different problem - a CD is stuck in it. I've tried pressing the > ejector mechanism with a straightened paperclip and restarting the Pismo with > the trackpad/mousebutton held down. No joy. > > In fact, I can't book Pismo into OSX - it just sits at the grey screen with > an Apple logo and the spinning gear. I can boot Pismo into OS9 by choosing it > from open firmware (holding down Option key while restarting, then choosing > the OS9 partition). Any ideas on how to destick this baby - and how not to > offend the hardware gods further?
Wow...when I've sinned that badly against the hardware gods, I do penance far far away from computers for a day or two, and partake of beer and fishing or something similarly less technologically advanced. :-) Hard to break a beercan, (although it's not impossible <http://www.flickr.com/photos/35245797@N00/6259633092/> Guinness showers are not nearly as pleasant as they sound ...) Double check the cable connections on the Pismo module, make sure nothing's loose or worse, damaged. The slotloader should have worked in the Pismo, I had one in mine for a long time. Never got around to fabricating the cover, so it looked ugly, but it worked. I'd start haunting the LEM Swaplist and fleabay for a new drive for the TiBook. -- 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
