[muglo] Re: iBook CD tray
- From: Leith Peterson <lpeterso@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 09:21:37 -0400
Thanks, Tim, for the advice and website info.
Does your Zip CD burner read all kinds of CDs, e.g. installation CDs,
or is it just for burning? Can you boot with it? For instance, if I
wanted to boot from a Norton CD, could I use that burner?
Pls let me know. Thanks.
Leith
>Hi Leith,
>Sounds like you are having the same problem I am, but I haven't been to
>that extent.
>My work around has been to use an external drive, which is a Iomega Zip
>650 CD burner to read my CD-R's.
>Parts for these machines seem to be 'hard to find' and they are not the
>easiest to open up and service.
>IMO, basically not the service costs vs. the price of a used/newer
>iBook. The easiest things to service for these are RAM and Airport Card
>installs (which Apple doesn't make any more, just the Extreme ones).
>So, if you want you can check eBay and such or:
>http://www.pbfixit.com/Guide/49.0.0.html
>http://www.wegenermedia.com/ibookp.htm
>Hope this helps!
>Tim
>
>On Saturday, April 9, 2005, at 10:27 PM, Leith Peterson wrote:
>
>> Echoing the frequent discussions about the problems with iBook CD
>> trays, mine appears to be defective now, the one I bought second hand
>> in Sep 2003, originally bought around 2001. When I load the CD, it
>> makes all kinds of weird noises, and the CD won't mount.
>>
>> It is an indigo clamshell.
>>
>> It appears from MUGLO posts that a few people on the list have
>> iBooks, so if any of you have a clamshell iBook which you're not
>> using, but the CD tray is OK, perhaps you would consider selling or
>> giving it to me for parts? I'm assuming that there would be a vendor
>> who would install it for me?
>>
>> I live in London, Ontario.
>>
>> Please let me know. Thanks.
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