> ... > I think I may have some underlying hardware problem, but I don't know what > it is. I upgraded the roms on the sonnet ata card to 4.0, but naturally that > didn't make much difference. This s900 works fine, except that the apple 24x > cdrom drive is cranky and will only boot factory cdroms and has a hard time > doing that. ... > Mark Murphy > Mark, I don't have the answers to your other questions Mark but for this you might try blowing out your cdrw using a can of air. A slight dust filament can exacerbate symptoms of slow (or non) mounting of cd's.
If you open the tray and peer inside using a flashlight, you should be able to see the eye in the center and downward. If you can't, it's still there. Open your tray, with the extension hose attached to the can, try to hold can upright in front of the tray but don't push on tray or you will cause it to close on you and it might catch the hose. If you can't get close enough from in front of the tray, you might try it from the side of the tray, but if you hold the can at too much of an angle, you might begin spraying a liquid oxygen type fluid and no telling what harm this could cause to circuits or glass (sometimes plastic) eye. So a sample spray into the air will tell you your limits. A half full can would be best if turning it sideways. Depending on cdrw design, keep the nossle at least 1" away from the eye. You don't have to hit it with much pressure either. If you are fairly dexterious (and fast), you can get the can up close to the opening from under the tray and guide the nossle hose up through the middle of the tray towards where the eye is. While holding the can up through the bottom, you are then grasping the hose from the top with your other hand and aiming it slightly downwards w/ slight wiggling sideways towards where the eye is. (Holding it still may not reach all spots on the eye) But you have to be quite careful this way because if you so much as tap the tray from the front, it will close on you and could catch the whole can and no telling how it will respond. Most will reopen but some may not have this feature, so you gotta be real quick. Hope this helps Dave -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
