At 15:58 -0700 04/13/2002, David R wrote: >I've cuda'd, zapped, rebuilt, cable-ok'd, tried different extensions, >nothing. What mine does is spin a bit, stop, spin some more, and then >slowly mounts a cd. Unfortunately, this takes about 3 minutes, copying a >(10 mb) file takes longer. So I too watch these cd/rom related threads >intently for a fix.
I'm not terribly confident in the following assertion, but what you describe sounds like a hardware problem, rather than a driver problem. It sounds like the lens is dirty or some problem with the drive mechanism is making it difficult for the laser to track on the disk. Do you have another drive you try in the machine? Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL SM LIST PRICES - 24x Bootable SCSI CDROM $39.99, Umax Processors $19.99 PowerSupplies from C500/C600 $49.99 J700/S900 $79.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> 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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
