[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A rev A i mac not good but not terrible either. > Usb 233 mhz 4 gig hd 64 mb ram and best of all virtual pc 3 > finally something i can use. > right ? > wrong. > The imac decided to hang upon boot. I got the desktop and the mouse cursor but that >was all the mouse cursor did not move. > Yanking out the power cord did away with that. Usualy. > Virtual pc refused to work. > And my cdrom was behaving odd too. > It refused to regonize most of my self burned back up cdroms. > And some times it refuses to regonize some off my normal cdroms too . > Popping out the cd and trying to mount them again usually helps. > But it is odd. > The i mac also does it with my orginal mac cdroms. The 3 i have. > Anyway after some scrounging on the Dutch ebay i found mac os 8.5 nl. > reinstalled the imac. Junked vpc. > And the imac is working fine now. > Apart from the cd rom wich is still displaying this odd behavior > Is the cdrom dying ? Wearing down or what ? > Any help would be apreciated .
The first iMacs (tray-loaders) are known to have defective CD drives. Friend of mine had that too with a 333 Mhz iMac. I bought a Matsushita CDRW and put that in it. Also you must be lucky you found an OS CD on the Dutch eBay, because such items are rarely sold here. I also want to say that if you update your OS you also have to update the apps you use, such as Virtual PC. Check http://www.connectix.com and http://www.versiontracker.com. BTW if you do not use the 1400 powerbook anymore, I am in need for a PowerBook at the moment.... Final word, if you really want to try a Mac w/o problems buy a new one. If you do buy a secondhand Mac, first do some research, because it is well known at the moment that the first iMacs (Rev.A-D, 233-333 Mhz) have problems. For a software firewall: Norton Personal Firewall; or Netbarrier. Or buy a hardware firewall. -- Marc van Gemert | MacSonar Support Team | Webmaster MacSonar http://www.MacSonar.net | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
