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Missing DVD & ZIP!?
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dvwannabe
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Sep 15, 2003, 11:34 PM
 
Hi All,

I installed a superdrive (DVR-104) a month ago into my DP 450. It was working great... until today. I inserted a zip into my computer and now everything is all banged up.

The zip wouldn't mount. Now CDs/DVD/s wont mount. They don't even show up under the devices in the system profiler. And I can't run any of my utilities because they run off of CD's.

If I shut down then restarted I was able to get them to work... for a minute, then they stopped being recognized by the computer.

I tried downloading the firmware update that Apple had on it's site but the installer doesn't sense the DVD Drive and won't install it. (However, I think it's just for computers with the DVR-103 anyway)

Any suggestions, or do you know of any utilities that may help? Thanks.
     
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Sep 16, 2003, 10:13 AM
 
check cables and power connections?

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McKenna
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Sep 16, 2003, 11:45 AM
 
Make sure one is set as Master, and one is set as Slave!

Hope that helps,
Tom McKenna
     
olePigeon
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Sep 16, 2003, 06:21 PM
 
Once thing's for sure, when I get a new G5 I sure am going to miss the SCSI on my beige G3.

Stupid ATA.
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you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
     
   
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