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| lombard new dvd drive, now i can't boot from it | |
| Posted by: leosadvs on 2009-07-23 20:34:15 i have tried everything, but it just dosn't boot, and the old cd drive is destroyed so i can't install the system, anyone knows why this happens? just an incompatible drive?, the funny thing is when i selected with my old harddrive with panther to boot the 10.3 cd it worked!, but starting pressing the C or using the boot cd in OpenFirmware not work. | |
| Posted by: Byrd on 2009-07-23 22:31:55 You need to set the new DVD drive as "slave", which basically involves bridging a pin on the DVD drive's data/power connector to force this. It is currently set to cable select which older Apple notebooks don't like working with; they need a designated master + slave drives set. Some info on the mod, to get you started: http://www.applefritter.com/node/23468 ... I did mine with condictive ink. JB | |
Posted by: porter on 2009-07-24 02:13:11i have tried everythingNot only that, but it seems to be stopping your shift key working most of the time. | |
Posted by: leosadvs on 2009-07-24 11:57:45You need to set the new DVD drive as "slave", which basically involves bridging a pin on the DVD drive's data/power connector to force this. It is currently set to cable select which older Apple notebooks don't like working with; they need a designated master + slave drives set.Thanks!, just do something like this:  Thanks again! Sorry for that.i have tried everythingNot only that, but it seems to be stopping your shift key working most of the time. | |
| Posted by: porter on 2009-07-24 12:58:44 Will the thing boot from an external USB DVD drive? | |
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