Most older cd-rom drives are going to eventually have difficulty reading newer CDR and CDRW media as the newer media is using lasers of a different wavelength. Some of the older drives have trouble reading discs burned on this media. Try using a different brand or look for slower speed media when burning your own.
Greg Olson >I'm having some troubles with the stock (teac 512s?) cd-rom drive in my >powerbase. It seems to read manufactured apple formatted cds without much >trouble, but homemade cds often give it a problem. Sometimes the drive >seems to labor in the beginning as if it is looking for information to >mount. It often hangs the machine as it presumeably searches and fails to >find a proper directory. Once a disk is mounted problems occur less >frequently. I have tried using both the FDW? (stock) driver and apple's >universal driver. > >- Could the drive possibly need to be calibrated, or could the lens have >clouded or deteriorated with time? > >Anyway I was wondering if I could install an ide cd-rom drive as a slave to >the existing ide hard drive. If not, is there a scsi cd-rom drive which >someone might recommend? > >Thanks, Scott Reist > >-- >Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > >123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > >Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> >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]> >List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > >Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! ><http://www.applelinks.com> -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
