[Ham-Mac] OT - but I'm stumped!

[Lew Phelps]

This is similar to the problems I had on an older G4 (667 mhz unit).  
Replacing the CD superdrive cured the problem.  It is definitely 
possible for a "near dead" CD drive to read some CDs but not others.


On Feb 18, 2004, at 2:28 PM, harris ruben wrote:

> Guys! My G4/967 has developed an odd problem, and an entire day at an 
> Apple store has not helped! So I'm sure I can find out the right 
> answer here.
>
> My superdrive has ALMOST stopped working.
> 1. It will mount an unformatted disk but will not burn it (kicks out 
> in VERIFY -- type 6 error).
>
> 2. It will NOT mount any formatted disk of any type, data or CD. It 
> just spits it out after a few minutes.
>
> 3. WORST OF ALL, I cannot boot from a bootable CD.
>
> 4. Mysteriously, the silver Apple Hardware Test CD mounts fine AND can 
> boot as startup disk up as well.
>
> Apple store thinks the superdrive is shot (then why does it work with 
> the Hardware Test CD??)
>
> I don't mind buying another drive, but I would like to be sure that 
> the problem is really there.
>
> This is tough because I can't run Norton, TechTool4 or install any 
> software that comes on a CD!
>
> You can take this off-list and contact me directly:
>
> n2ern/arrl/net
>
> thanks!
>
> harry N2ERN
>
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