Q: Replacing CD-ROM on 6300CD
I have an old Performa 6300CD that the cd drive croaked on. I picked up a new one off ebay, this one is an Apple CR-507-C 12x drive. It is SCSI 50 pin just like the old one. I can't get this thing to work at all. I transferred the adapter from the old drive onto the new one, and set the parity, 0, and 1 just like the old drive. The old one had a jumper option for add/remove media, which the new one does not. The new one has a jumper option for term power, and since this is the only drive on the channel, I have that jumpered. Any other ideas? Thanks.
Performa 6300CD, Mac OS 8.6 or Earlier, OS 7.5
Posted on Nov 27, 2006 10:16 PM
by Jeff,Solvedanswer
If certain pairs of pins are only designated with a dot, they may be for manufacturer use or not used at all. Your problem may be driver-related, which should be easier to troubleshoot. In addition to the Apple CD-ROM extension, you should also have the following drivers installed in the Extensions Folder: (1) Apple Photo Access, (2) Audio CD Access, (3) Foreign File Access, (4) High Sierra File Access, and (5) ISO 9660 File Access. Because CD-ROM drives were slower when OS 7.5.x was developed, I'd recommend downloading/installing the newer "Apple CD-ROM" (version 5.4) extension, which was designed for support of faster (12x - at the time) drives. Ignore the reference to the PowerBook, because this driver can be used on all desktop Macs running the specified OS software. Double-click the downloaded .img file and it will mount on the desktop. Drag the mounted image file to the hard drive icon. Open the "Apple CD-ROM 5.4" folder on the hard drive and drag the extension to the Extensions folder. Because the "Apple CD-ROM" file is in use, you may not be able to drag the newer version to the Extensions folder to replace it. If that's the case, drag the existing "Apple CD-ROM" file to the trash (but don't attempt to empty it), then drag version 5.4 to the Extensions folder.
Posted on Nov 29, 2006 1:58 AM