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Mini CDs and slot loading TiBook ?
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Arlington, MA, USA
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Hi,
Just a quick question. Does anyone know if mini-CDs can be used in the TiBook slot-loading drive? I'm considering these as a distribution medium and I know my tray drives do have support for this size factor but I do not know if a slot-loading drive can use them.
Thanks in advance,
Stephan
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Join Date: Nov 2001
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I have not tried it, but I would say no, they do not work. I believe these discs would get stuck in the drive if you tried to load them.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Chicago, IL
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Originally posted by shiff:
I have not tried it, but I would say no, they do not work. I believe these discs would get stuck in the drive if you tried to load them.
i tried the mini cd that came with the X-Men movie and it worked fine. it ejected okay.
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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I've had a few mini-CDs (mostly promotional ones for movies or albums), and on at least one of them they specifically mention that they're "not for use with slot-loading CD drives." That's presumably because it would be rather hard to put the disc properly in the drive (you'd have to centre it very neatly).
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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It depends on the drive you have. If it's one where the drive sucks the CD in as soon as you insert it (like the DVD drive in my rev. B TiBook) then they will work; I've tried it. But if it's the kind that doesn't suck them in (like the combo drive) then they will get stuck.
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Works fine 
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Join Date: Oct 2002
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Another version of the mini-CDs are the business card CDs that are quite common these days.
I'll use this opportunity to ask what the advantages of a slot-loading drive are over the tray loading drives. Just curious.
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Arcadia, CA USA
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Irregular-shaped CD (anything other than round) will cause problems or damage ANY slot-loading CD drive.
The PB made after October 2001 (the one that does not inject the disc until the disc is almost 90% into the slot) cannot read the smaller CD, but the ones that starts injection after 15% insertion will.
Don't try it at home (if you have the newer drive), unless you are prepared to open your PowerBook in a different way--from the bottom plate.
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