G4 Cube replacement DVD drive help

[Top Jimmy]

I have a G4 Cube with a faulty DVD drive.

I've see the walkthrough thread:
walkthrough

So I purchased a (actually 2) UJ-85J-C from Ebay. I don't have the proper adapter, just the original one from the bad drive (board sticks out the the side).

When I power up, I just get the flashing folder icon. if I remove the DVD drive and leave the HD, it boots fine. The DVD drive does inject an audio CD and spins up.

what am I missing?

Also, does this UJ-85J-C only have a soft eject? I cannot fine a physical eject button....and a CD is stuck in it.

 

[Top Jimmy]

OS is 9.2 by the way. wonder if it's a driver issue?

 

[Scorpio_ny]

Hi! I am the author of that thread. It could be that there is an IDE conflict of some sort. Have you tried disconnecting the hard drive and just leaving the DVD drive connected? If the drive comes up, restart the Mac and hold down the mouse button while booting up to eject the disk. Also, are you using the original IDE cable? If you substituted with a different IDE cable, it may be wired correctly for cable select.

 

[Top Jimmy]

thank you, I got it working using a spinning HDD. it did not like my SSDs or CF/HD adapters. would lock on boot. with an old spinning mechanical HDD it boots and the replacement DVD seems to work great!

thanks for the reply.

 

[Scorpio_ny]

I am glad you got working! Hopefully, when you get the replacement adapter, you will be all set!
Keep us posted!