You may want to check with Apple first. I had a friend who had the same model and Apple said there was a known issue and fixed it for free, even though it was out of warranty.
On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 07:34 AM, Phil wrote: > I have a problem with the CD-ROM drive on my iMac G3 / 333. It > started to > get a bit flaky a year or so back and sued to be slow mounting CD's - > you > could hear the drive winding up and down and the heads going trying to > read. > After it got worse, I downloaded the CD Update 2.0 from the Apple site > and > applied it. Things appeared ok for a while, but at some point the > drive > appeared to get worse. Most of my data and audio CD's won't load now, > although some fire up immediately first try. > > Can anyone assist here ? A refurbished drive is about NZ$375 which is > a bit > steep if it doesn't need replacing. > > -- 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
