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April 6th, 2005, 06:49 AM
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| Combo-drive And Dvd-burner No Longer Recognized
hello, I've got a Powermac G4 (1,25Ghz - 1 processor) with OS10.3.2 installed. Suddenly the computer won't recognize my combo drive, nor the third-party DVD-burner. I didn't install anything particularly the days before. And they have been working together for more than a year now. The problem occured once before, but restarting the mac resolved the problem at that time. I did that about ten times now, but no good. Is this a problem that sounds familiar to anyone? thanks hmmm. I think I know by now. the flat cable relying the optical disks to the computer seems to be damaged. so if you got a similar problem, open your machine first. Last edited by wimmm; April 6th, 2005 at 03:34 PM.  |
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April 18th, 2005, 07:18 AM
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Did changing the cable help? I have the exact same problem with a 1 GHz Powermac G4 with a combo drive. Turning it on and off and on and off and removing and inserting the ribbon cables seem to help, but I have not figured out where the problem is. And my cables look good... |
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April 18th, 2005, 08:44 AM
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You might want to check out PatchBurn at www.patchburn.com Good Luck
__________________ Udog (WALT) |
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April 19th, 2005, 01:29 PM
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In what way would it help? |
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April 20th, 2005, 08:42 AM
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The following is from the PatchBurn read me. Program Use This program generates and installs so called device profiles for CD/DVD-burners that are available on Mac-OS X systems. This allows many, otherwise unsupported burners to be used directly with Mac-OS X, iTunes and DiscBurner. I think I screwed up and listed the wrong URL..It should be http://www.patchburn.de/ Let us know how you make out..
__________________ Udog (WALT) Last edited by underdog; April 20th, 2005 at 12:24 PM. Reason: Wrong URL |
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April 21st, 2005, 08:34 AM
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Underdog, the Combo drive was installed by Apple when the machine was assembled, so it is definitely supported. It seems like other people have had similar problems caused by IDE master/slave settings, so that is what I will try next. wimmm, did the new cable do the trick? |
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