Hi, Often when the finder on my beige G3 accesses the CD drive (even when just checking it when I try to save a file) the entire system lags for a few seconds. It seems like this…

yes by chance did you buy this at mac mart

No, I bought it at the apple store. Have you come up with any solutions to the problem?

is it a cd or is it a dvd

I have a beige G3 with DVD that exhibits the same delay while the disk is being spun up. It'd be nice if it didn't happen!

I have the same problem exept I have a 6500 with a 12X CD drive. The whole computer momentarally freezes while the CD gets spun up and accessed. Its especially annoying when you ar…

Congratulations, you have just discovered the down side of IDE devices, the CPU is involved in the use of the IDE device so every reference will have a negative impact on your mach…

duplicate deleted Don't ya just hate computers.. [This message has been edited by sedgwick (edited 08-17-99).]

It's a CD drive, not DVD. sedgwick, the processor idea makes sense, but I'm not sure it explains why the entire computer "locks up". I literally can't do anything but move the …

I wonder if the difference between a Mac and PC with an IDE CD-ROM is that Windows is not as actively aware of whether disks are inserted into drives (CDs, floppies, etc)- I've hea…

I have a 6100 with an ex 32x SCSI CD-ROM and everytime I insertn a CD it takes abour 3-4 seconds for the computer to become responcive.

I have a 6100 with an ex 32x SCSI CD-ROM and everytime I insertn a CD it takes abour 3-4 seconds for the computer to become responcive.

Peecees will not let you write to an empty drive. Nice idea, though :-) In addition, peecees *do* have the same delay, IF they are waiting for data from the drive in an active pro…

I have an older mac that only has scsi, and i am drooling at the cheaper prices of IDE/ATA drives. is there any way (perhaps with a PCI card) that i can use IDE/ATA devices on my m…

see www.promax.com for an IDE upgrade kit via a PCI card

I have been looking into external USB hard drives, as well as USB CDr's and have a few questions. The USB hard drive that I found was made by lacie and was 20 gigs. You can check…

Do you have an iMac or B&W G3? If it is an iMac then USB is your only shoice and I WOULD suggest LaCie, I have one of their SCSI CD-R's and it is excellent! --If you have a B…

I have a small amount of money available to purchase a scanner and digital camera for my middle school art students to use. The computer we will use is a power mac 5300/100 lc. Any…

I am looking at the new G4 computer. I would probably buy if it were not for that expensive monitor. Is there another company that makes the Apple "ice color" monitors that might…

The rumor is that the current 400 MHz G4 model, based on the old B&W motherboard, will be phased out fairly quickly. Does anyone know whether a 400 MHz Sawtooth model will rep…

Chances are that Apple will speed bump in November or December, phasing out Yosemite. Then 450 MHz will be the lowest speed, so there shouldn't be a 400 MHz sawtooth.