Hello, I have a powerbook 1400c w/ OS 9 and the 12x CDROM module. It refuses to read any of my CDR's, but will read a normal CD just fine. Is there a way I can get a CDR to work?
Thanks!
CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
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CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Brooklyn » 21 Apr 2012, 15:25
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by ClassicHasClass » 21 Apr 2012, 17:51
Never had a problem with mine. Something about the media? Is this CD-R, not -RW?
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Brooklyn » 21 Apr 2012, 18:46
They are CDR's, and these CDR's do work on my other early mac systems...is there a better CDROM extension I could use?
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Strimkind » 22 Apr 2012, 02:47
It may be a dying optical drive. My 8x drive works fine reading CD-R's in 8.6 or 9.x
As you are lucky enough to have the 12x drive, you can easily replace it with the 24x Teac Drive.
As you are lucky enough to have the 12x drive, you can easily replace it with the 24x Teac Drive.
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Brooklyn » 25 Apr 2012, 22:40
Thanks guys, I was able to get some of the CD's to work by re-burning them, but the drive is kind of picky. I am going to try and substitute a generic 24x Teac drive in the system to hopefully fix the drive's fussiness.
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Bunsen » 30 Apr 2012, 16:58
Let us know how that goes, Brooklyn.
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by uniserver » 30 Apr 2012, 17:04
yeah my macos 8.6 and OS9 burns work in the apple 2x-i300 4x-i600 scsi drives, just normal cd blanks from microcenter,
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Bunsen » 30 Apr 2012, 22:24
Oh... kayyyy...
Brooklyn: the 1400 CD repair detailed here may or may not also be totally unrelated to your problem:
viewtopic.php?p=172333#p172333
Brooklyn: the 1400 CD repair detailed here may or may not also be totally unrelated to your problem:
viewtopic.php?p=172333#p172333
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Brooklyn » 01 May 2012, 14:06
Cool. I just got a 24x cdrw teac drive in the mail yesterday. Connector looks the same as the stock one. I hope it works! Maybe I can burn discs also?
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by CC_333 » 03 May 2012, 04:15
That sound's great!
As far as I know, one's ability to burn CDs in the classic Mac OS depends upon the burner used being supported by the one's software. It shouldn't pose a problem for reading disks, though (provided you're using a relatively recent version of Mac OS).
You could try Toast (5.x needs Mac OS 9.x, but 4.x or older should work if you're using 8.5 or 8.6)
Take this advice with a grain of salt. I may be totally wrong!
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As far as I know, one's ability to burn CDs in the classic Mac OS depends upon the burner used being supported by the one's software. It shouldn't pose a problem for reading disks, though (provided you're using a relatively recent version of Mac OS).
You could try Toast (5.x needs Mac OS 9.x, but 4.x or older should work if you're using 8.5 or 8.6)
Take this advice with a grain of salt. I may be totally wrong!
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Brooklyn » 06 Jan 2013, 19:29
Late response but I did successfully use the Teac drive on my 1400c, it reads any CD I throw at it. However, Toast 4 does not detect the drive as a CD burner...
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Re: CDR's + Powerbook 1400c/166
by Gil » 11 Jan 2013, 05:30
Can you boot from the transplanted drive? How does Apple System Profiler describe the drive?
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