> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 22:23:30 EST > To: "PowerBooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PowerBook 5300cs & Apple CD-ROM > > I just got a refurbed PB 5300cs (Apple refurb--sealed in box w/manuals). It's > a sweet little machine, with one problem. It won't recognize my external > Apple CD-ROM drive. I am trying to upgrade to OS 8.1 from 7.5.2 via CD. I've > checked the connections, the extensions, the boot sequence, the SCSI ID, but > nothing seems to get the PB to recognize the drive. Any ideas? TIA, Heather > (My other PBs include: a 1400c (G3 333), a 190cs, 2 190s, a Duo 230, a 170 > and a 100) Hello Heather, Just a thought: presuming that you are connecting your external SCSI CD drive via an HD-30 adapter, do you know for sure that this adapter is known-to-be-good? Also, on the back of the CD drive itself, the following pins should be jumpered: "Parity" - "Term Power" - and 0 and 1 (totalling "3" in binary for your SCSI ID; but you knew that ;-) sometimes I have had trouble with a CD drive only to discover that the term power jumper simply fell off - it's just a thought. Best regards, Dana
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