John England wrote:
> Quick question...I bought a Sony 24x CD player to replace my unit in a 7500
> Powermac. The Sony doesn't appear to work (cd driver doesn't load) and it
> won't boot although the seller promised it would. It's a CDU-625 and I was
> told it works fine on a 9600. Yes I zapped the pram, yes I hit the
> whatchamacallit button inside next to the processor card. Ideas?\
If it's not an Apple OEM CD-Rom it won't boot a Mac. You can use Intech's
CD/DVD tools to make it a recognized drive, but evven then it may not boot your
9600 all the time. It is a very common and well documented happening.
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