G4 Cube Optical drive not recognizing discs.
I'm the proud owner of a hand-me down G4 cube that is still running OS 9.something. I'd like to turn into a juke-box. The biggest problem is that at the moment, the disc drive won't recognize any media. I mean, when you try to insert the disc, the drive should pull it in and start spinning. None of that happens. It just sits there, half in and half out. I can push it nearly all the way in, still nothing (and then I need to remove it with needle-nose pliers). The system profiler recognizes that the disc drive is installed, but that's about it.
So, my question is two-fold:
1) Does anyone have any good ideas on how to get this disc drive working again without dropping a lot (any - I'm a poor student!) money?
2) If not, is there a way to (once I upgrade the RAM, of course) install OSX without using the disc drive? Through firewire, filesharing, or something similar?
Thanks!
So, my question is two-fold:
1) Does anyone have any good ideas on how to get this disc drive working again without dropping a lot (any - I'm a poor student!) money?
2) If not, is there a way to (once I upgrade the RAM, of course) install OSX without using the disc drive? Through firewire, filesharing, or something similar?
Thanks!
G4 Cube, Mac OS 9.0.x, Old, old, old (but still looks classy)
