yes they should all be able to read cd's properly - they are reliable! try holding 'option' down when you boot, and select the disc. Maybe your disc is corrupt.
On 4/17/09, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Make sure you get a DVD drive new enough to read all types of DVD's, > since earlier versions came out before +R existed. It took me a long > time to figure out why my Mac couldn't read +R and RW discs. > > If you're only going to play commercial DVD's, this shouldn't be an > issue, but it might come back to bite you if you ever need to read a > homemade disc. > > > By the way, were the CD drives fairly reliable? I'm asking because I > bought a bunch of slot loading G3 iMacs recently for salvage, and all > of them powered up with the "?" but none of them could boot from an OS > 9 CD. The drives made spinning noises as though they were making > multiple attempts to read the CD, but never quite made it. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
