on 11/26/02 3:50 AM, John Harkness at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I have recently bought a Supermac S900, from eBay, and I'm having a >> number of problems. The foremost is a non functioning CD-ROM drive. >> It shows up under the CD-ROM Toolkit Control panel as a Toshiba >> 3071TAO. When a CD is inserted the light flashes 4 or 5 times, then >> goes out, or sometimes stays on constant, but I don't hear any drive >> noises. >> >> The computer came with System 8.0 installed but it's not a clean >> install and some of the OS is missing. Apart from the CD-ROM Toolkit >> Control panel, and the Hard disk Toolkit extension, there are also NO >> utilities or applications on the drive! I've read that there should >> be a licensing extension but I can't find that either. I'm not sure >> if the faulty CD Drive is due to a software problem or if it's the >> hardware >> >> I plan to upgrade to OS 9.1 but I've tried booting from an external >> drive with this OS and it failed to boot. I've come across some >> mention of having to upgrade the licensing extension but I can't find >> it anywhere. The Umax Supermac website seems to be gone. Does anyone >> know where I could get this? Do you have it? If so, could you send it >> to me as an attachment? >> >> I'm fairly savvy about Macs in general but I've never come across a >> supermac before. Any help or pointers appreciated.
Hi John, You need a driver for that CDROM drive. There's a few choices, and the two most used are Apple's driver 5.3.1 from Mac OS 7.6 which supported many 3rd party drives. You can get it here... http://www.macdrivermuseum.com/disk.html And there's the favorite, a demo though, called Intech's CDSpeedTools. It allows several restarts before it requests payment. Get it here... http://www.intechusa.com/CDDemo.html?296,19 As for the "licensing extension" forget about it. Really. It does nothing but signify your computer as a UMAX S900, instead of a Apple 8500 (the machine it most relates to due to the motherboard). That's all it does. None of us use it anymore. Forget it ever existed, it's not the problem. Normally FWB CDROM Toolkit will drive your Toshiba, but there's too many items missing from your System Folder to allow that it seems. One of the two drivers I mentioned should get that CD drive running. Let us know. If you can install a System (7.6 to 9.1) on an external drive, your S900 should boot from it. As long as the external SCSI bus is terminated, it should work. -Howie -- 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! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
