on 1/25/04 4:07 PM, Bruce Klutchko at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 1/25/04 4:17 PM, "greg merkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi.My name is Greg.This is the first time i have ever >> posted to this list'so please be patient.I have a slot >> loading blueberry i mac currently running 9.2.2 with a >> 30 gigabyte hard drive.My Cd Rom refuses to recognize >> any disk i insert.
> Because you have a slot-loading CD drive, you cannot replace it with a CDRW. > There just aren't any. Apple shipped a lot of slot loading iMacs with 8/4/24X CD-RWs built in, didn't they? I don't know if these can be swapped among all the slot loading iMacs or not though. Or if you can find them anywhere. I just looked on eBay "iMac slot" and saw DVD and CD drives, but no writers. I'd think that the CD-RWs would show up occasionally as people parted out broken machines at least. > I wound up buying a USB CDRW, but that is very very slow. You must have the one model of slot load iMac without FireWire. There are FireWire CD burners that are very fast. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
