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J524TNA
Starting Member
United Kingdom
1 Posts |
 Posted - 14 Dec 2003 : 12:36:37
I have a Duo 230 in excellent condition, but I have part reformatted the hard drive, in a real screw up. My problem is that my floppy drive no longer works, so to reformat the hard disk drive I need to start from a cd. I bought an AppleCD 300 on eBay, but don't know how the Caddy system works. Anyone able to help? I have a Duo minidock and SCSI connector to the minidock.Thanks Stuart Stuart Duncan |
Kami
Junior Member
Canada
132 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2003 : 13:22:30
DO yo have the plastic cadddy for the CD-ROM drive. If not, you will need to get one. Should be fairly inexpensive. Let us know if we can help on this...You said that you had the SCSI connector to the Mini Dock - is this the cable with the square (HDI-45) connector? 
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Trash80toG-4
NIGHT STALKER
USA
2899 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2003 : 13:26:48
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I bought an AppleCD 300 on eBay, but don't know how the Caddy system works. Anyone able to help?
First thing, google "gamba2" and download the user manual for your CD or any of the Macs from the era that should have illustrated direction on how to do it.Second thing . . . LOL!  . . . on the caddy opposite the arrow, there are two knurled corner buttons/tabs/levers you'll need to squeeze in toward the projecting tab of the clear cover in center in between them with one hand, while you lift up the clear cover tab with a fingernail on the other hand. Put a CD in the caddy with the lable side up, snap the lid closed (squeeze the tab/levers when you close the lid so the caddy will last longer) and then shove the caddy side with the arrow into the slot. jt  .
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C.O. AC-130H SpecOps 68kMLAAF edit: excellent point, Kami! I was assuming he had a caddy because he asked about it rather than wondering how to get the tray to pop out. One should NEVER assume ANYTHING when troubleshooting or giving instructions!  Edited by - Trash80toG-4 on 14 Dec 2003 13:30:32 |
pbcollector
Starting Member
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2003 : 14:47:31
Stuart,You may want to describe for us what the MiniDock looks like, or tell us the model number on it. I'm assuming it's the one that's just as wide as the Duo and has BOTH floppy (HDI-20 connector) and SCSI (HDI-30) on it. And this is a longshot, but you could elaborate on the floppy drive problem as well. And finally, which OS you plan to re-install. Hopefully, we can cover as many solutions as possible. You'll know if there's a caddy stuck inside the CD300's cuz the drive door would be partially open.
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