Hey Kerry: This is a common problem with non-Apple drives. The stock Apple CD/DVD driver does not support most non-apple CD-Roms. You have a couple of inexpensive options other than buying a commercial CD-Rom driver. One is to get hold of the FWB CD-ROM toolkit Extension which was on the original Powercomputing system install disk - it works with most drives. Another is to use a hack of the Apple CD/DVD Driver which allows it to work with non-apple drives, although it is not always successful in my experience. If you use one of these, make sure you disable the Apple driver extension.
See here for more info: www.resexcellence.com/hack_html_99/12-21-98.shtml >At 1:42 AM -0400 on 6/29/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : >Hi folks! > >With my school sadly trying to get rid of its' old Mac equipment, the science >department has (to my delight) decided to toss out of most of its' old Mac stuff, >including 4 PowerCenters (two 150's and two 132's). I have both 150's and a 132. > >It will recognize a Start-up CD - (i.e. - Performa system disk, Mac OS 8 disk) if I >put it in the tray and restart the computer with it in there. After this, I can put >in other disks and it will recognize them - SLOWLY. I can't play any audio CDs. >Apple Audio CD player gives me an error message. If I just put in a data or audio CD >randomly, it won't recognize it. -- 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> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
