Hi, I'm new to this forum and in fact new to OSX (but with a fair bit of experience on other Mac OS).
My problems are these. I have recently aquired a PPCG4 (Quicksilver 2002) 933mhz, running 10.2.8. It comes with Superdrive which works fine and an internal zip drive which doesn't work at all. I think this drive might be a 250 but I'm not sure. I've been searching for OSX drivers but am getting confusing answers...like they are not available. This seems strange to me.
When I first got the Mac I put a zip cartridge in expecting to see it pop up on my desktop but nothing happened. Next I tried to eject it but couldn't...as far as I can see there is not a tiny hole for the trusty paper clip method of ejection. So my machine now has a zip cartridge stuck in it. Two questions, how do I get it out? and, are drivers available for my machine?
The other issue relates to Firewire. I have a brand spanking new LaCie (Porche model) DVD burner which worked fine as a CD burner on my earlier G3 but cannot be seen by my G4. Doesn't matter which of the two Firewire ports I plug it into when I try to burn with Toast Pro it tells me there is no media to burn to. When I check via system profiler it tells me that there are no Firewire devices connected. To me it seems that I may have a problem with the firewire connection but I have no other Firewire devices to check it out with. On the other hand it could be a driver thing...but LaCie here in Oz have not been that helpful. Any ideas would be really appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mike
My problems are these. I have recently aquired a PPCG4 (Quicksilver 2002) 933mhz, running 10.2.8. It comes with Superdrive which works fine and an internal zip drive which doesn't work at all. I think this drive might be a 250 but I'm not sure. I've been searching for OSX drivers but am getting confusing answers...like they are not available. This seems strange to me.
When I first got the Mac I put a zip cartridge in expecting to see it pop up on my desktop but nothing happened. Next I tried to eject it but couldn't...as far as I can see there is not a tiny hole for the trusty paper clip method of ejection. So my machine now has a zip cartridge stuck in it. Two questions, how do I get it out? and, are drivers available for my machine?
The other issue relates to Firewire. I have a brand spanking new LaCie (Porche model) DVD burner which worked fine as a CD burner on my earlier G3 but cannot be seen by my G4. Doesn't matter which of the two Firewire ports I plug it into when I try to burn with Toast Pro it tells me there is no media to burn to. When I check via system profiler it tells me that there are no Firewire devices connected. To me it seems that I may have a problem with the firewire connection but I have no other Firewire devices to check it out with. On the other hand it could be a driver thing...but LaCie here in Oz have not been that helpful. Any ideas would be really appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mike
