lombard new dvd drive, now i can't boot from it

#1 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 - 04:34

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.

#2 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 - 06:31

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

#3 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 - 10:13

i have tried everything

Not only that, but it seems to be stopping your shift key working most of the time.

#4 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 - 19:57

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

Thanks!, just do something like this:

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Thanks again!

i have tried everything

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Not only that, but it seems to be stopping your shift key working most of the time.

Sorry for that.

#5 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 - 20:58

Will the thing boot from an external USB DVD drive?