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Oct 20, 2013 1:13 PM in response to bagel77by BDAqua,Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
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Oct 20, 2013 1:58 PM in response to BDAquaby bagel77,YUP just did it...the drive shows up in the ATA device tree but not under the disc burning. the drive is
Sony CD-ROM crx318E which when I looked it up I believe it to be a CD/DVD drive
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Oct 20, 2013 3:32 PM in response to bagel77by BDAqua,Well, it should R/W CDs & read but not burn DVDs.
Do you have another Mac with Firewire around with a working Optical drive?
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Oct 20, 2013 3:41 PM in response to BDAquaby bagel77,sadly at the moment...NO i went to check the disc on my macbook pro and I found out there is a problem with the drive in my macbook...but that is under apple care so at least I can get that fixed.
is there anyway to get the optical drive to work on my emac?
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Oct 20, 2013 9:25 PM in response to bagel77by BDAqua,You could replace it, not easy to find an old optical, nor easy to do if you do find one, one solution is an external Firewire optical...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MRF82SD24S/
Macintosh System Requirements
- FireWire Interface and OS X 10.3 or above
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Oct 20, 2013 9:26 PM in response to bagel77by Allan Jones,Optical drives get dirty. The first action to take when one acts up is to get a drive-cleaning disk and run it. Many times this is all that is needed to restore function.
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Oct 24, 2013 11:01 AM in response to BDAquaby bagel77,okay got my mac bookpro back and fixed...can I use it's optical drive to load os 10.5 on my emac? if so how?
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Oct 24, 2013 11:27 AM in response to bagel77by BDAqua,Put the Install Disc in the MBP, boot the MBP into FWTDM holding t key down, connect Firewire cable, boot the eMac holding alt key down, hopefully the Install Disc in the MBP shows up as a boot option.
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Oct 24, 2013 3:52 PM in response to bagel77by BDAqua,Check whether you need a 6 pin to 9 pin FW cable or whatever each end has.
I think you'll need 9-pin on the MBP side as I recall, & 6-pin on the eMac end..
http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?Ntk=Category&Ns=P_Popularity|1&Ne=5000&N=7157&Ntt=cables