Hey y'all, I recently picked up a CD-RW offa eBay for my Mac, and while most of the installation went without a hitch, I have run into one small snag: The cd-audio cable which carries the analog signal to the motherboard. The yamaha wants the standard black three wire cable that I've seen before, while the Mac wants a plug that's large, blocky, white and has four wires. I tried soldering a hybrid wire together but no luck. I've also been trying to research this on the web, but it's a little frustrating because I don't know what to call the different cables. Also, Bare Feats sez the cd-audio cable isn't needed under 9.1, which I'm running, while the guy at my local computer surplus store says that's not really true.
In the meantime, I can read and write data CDs, and I can extract tracks from audio CDs and write them to the hard drive and then play them, and I can write audio CDs. So I have 3/4s of the battle won, but I would like to be able to play audio CDs someday. Any advice? (btw, this is my first Mac after 14 years of PCs, and I'm so happy with it. The case design is simply brillant. I've never had a computer I could actually take apart in 5 minutes before. Sorry, just had to rave for a minute.) peter ===== Dude, all the dorks are doing it this year. http://www.avalon.net/~dorky/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
