Hello! I haven't used my Kanga G3 in a while and thought I would play some starcraft on it today. Any CD I put in doesn't spin up. I see the little green LED light up, sometimes blink but no sound coming from the drive. I have a brand new CD module I put in to rule out the old one being dead, same symptoms. I tried different CDs such as 8.5 install and a few other known working Cds. Reset the PRAM, removed the main battery..not much else I can think of. The CD modules are for PB 3400 but they worked without a problem before I stored the Kanga in it's box a month ago. Is there anything else I can try doing? They both eject like normal. xx(
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Powerbook Kanga G3 CD drive not spinning
- Thread starter FlyingToaster
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Ok, I was digging around and found a third 3400 CD module. I popped it in, and it READS the CD. 
But how is my old module and "new" module both unresponsive? Bad luck? I will do some more switching and seeing if I can get the first two going again. I am happy with at least one working. These macs make me go a little insane sometimes which is why I hoard parts!
**Edit- It seems the problem is somewhere inside where the module connects to the powerbook. I squeezed the whole right side while loading a cd and that is when it works. It seems to have been dropped before I owned it as there is a crack on the rear right corner of the powerbook. For now I will use it for light internet browsing and the space saving device is installed instead to prevent more damage.
But how is my old module and "new" module both unresponsive? Bad luck? I will do some more switching and seeing if I can get the first two going again. I am happy with at least one working. These macs make me go a little insane sometimes which is why I hoard parts!**Edit- It seems the problem is somewhere inside where the module connects to the powerbook. I squeezed the whole right side while loading a cd and that is when it works. It seems to have been dropped before I owned it as there is a crack on the rear right corner of the powerbook. For now I will use it for light internet browsing and the space saving device is installed instead to prevent more damage.
I cleaned it out with a q-tip and found a tiny piece of sheet metal or something, the size of a match head. This could have been blocking it. Haven't used this laptop much, it came with a 3400 box that it sits inside like a vampire. The previous owner could have switched drives rather violently? Anyways it works!
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