Pioneer Internal Superdrive G4 Quicksilver

[acsigirl]

Hi people
you have been ever so helpful (thanx) that I have a new question right away.

All of the sudden I cannot mount any DVD or CD on my superdrive.

I have had on n off problems for a while. CD wont mount. Clanking noise of disk spinning and not finding where to stop, struggling like I am trying to mount a greesy CD, sometime working better with older (my own or audio) Cds.

Recently I had some success with disabling Burn ext and letting Toast ffind and Mount the Cd (or viceversa cant remember)

Before giving in and buying a new superdrive what test can I do? What can I check? Money is a big issue at the mo....

I do have Toast and Apple Burn on this Mac.
The Drive is a Pinoeer.

Thanx!

acsiG_

[acsigirl]

G4, 933Mhz, 768Mb Ram, System 9.2.2
Internal ATA 2 HD ID=0 120GB
Internal ATA 0 ID = 0 DVD-R/CD-RW
Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-103 (apple Disc Burning Supported)
Driver Version 1.4.8

For On and Off I just meant that it would work someting but not always without me doing much. Lately I did try if there was an extention conflict so I delabled Toast, Aplle CD driver, Burn, alternatively but with no luck.

I just noticed that the HD and the CD share the same ID 0. Is that supposed to be this way? I admit that didnt think about device ID since the old days of scsi daisy chain where you had to make sure the ID was different and so...

Over...
AcsiG_

[albloom]

Acsi, about all you can do is try a CD/DVD lens cleaner. If that doesn't
do the trick, replace the drive. Probably cheaper and more useful than
taking it "to the shop." OWC (macsales.com) sells a Pioneer 110 super
drive for $53. Their support section also has a video showing you how
to install it in a Quicksilver.

No -- device ID number doesn't mean a thing in this context.