On Oct 23, 2012, at 3:44 PM, MacBob61 <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently picked up a nice iMac "Flat Panel" G4 700MHz. This came with the > CD-RW drive. Since I wanted to be able to use DVDs (and also install > Leopard), I replaced the CD-RW drive with a DVD-ROM drive from one of my old > PCs. It actually works very well, with a couple of very minor exceptions: > > 1) The drive is completely invisible (and therefore unusable) in Disk Utility. > 2) The "eject.menu" icon in the menu bar shows "No Drives" when attempting to > eject. > > The Disk Utility issue hasn't proven to be a problem yet. But, if the Eject > key on my keyboard ever died, the 2nd issue could become a problem. Anyway, > does anyone have any ideas as to why these issues exist?
Yep, set the jumper to CS (cable select) and you should be in business. Confirm that setting by looking at the jumper setting on the CDRW you removed. If that doesn't work, you may have a cross-platform compatibility issue, which is not surprising given the age of the hardware. Jim Scott Eureka, CA -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and 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 leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
