🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: hk.comp.mac
Article #5

Re: <<< Help on internal CD-ROM drive needed >>>

#5
From: NoSpam
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 00:00
21 lines
1555 bytes
wclwong@my-deja.com wrote:

> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> Recently I tried to replace my faulty internal CD-ROM drive (inside my
> 6100/60 AV) with an old creative 2x SCSI CD-ROM drive. Everything seems
> fine and I learnt from the Apple System Profiler that it was recognized
> as a NEC-210P drive. However, it simlpy did not work. No matter what CD-
> ROM I inserted into it, it could not even detect it.
>
> I just wonder if I forget to adjust some settings in the control panels
> or miss something else ......
>
> Please help if you can, thanks.
>
> Wallace.
>

you need to get a 3rd party CD driver or 'patch' the Apple driver.
FWB's CD-ROM Toolkit (CDT 3.x) supports pretty much any drive
http://www.fwb.com
Technical Details
Message-ID: <37628B55.F9F93B5C@sprynet.com>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <7jt7ob$6l3$1@nnrp1.deja.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 10c648,43c08b970b9a4a49
X-Google-Attributes: gid10c648,public
X-Google-Thread: 10c4d1,43c08b970b9a4a49
X-Google-Attributes: gid10c4d1,public
X-Google-Thread: 10b5e3,43c08b970b9a4a49
X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5e3,public
From: NoSpam <user99@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: <<< Help on internal CD-ROM drive needed >>>
Date: 1999/06/12
Message-ID: <37628B55.F9F93B5C@sprynet.com>
X-Deja-AN: 488821687
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
References: <7jt7ob$6l3$1@nnrp1.deja.com>
To: wclwong@my-deja.com
X-Accept-Language: en
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353"
Organization: Unorganized
Mime-Version: 1.0
Reply-To: user99@sprynet.com
Newsgroups: hk.comp.mac,aus.computers.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc