Opardalis Posted September 18, 2017 Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 I bought this drive off eBay to do an a/ux install, but having a weird issue, when I insert a cd caddy it starts to load then a few seconds later immediately spits it right back out. I've tried different cds, caddys. When I contacted the seller he claims it was working and maybe it's an issue with jumpers? Any thoughts before I return it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter rsolberg Posted September 18, 2017 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 If the drive's in an external enclosure, does it behave the same way if it's not connected to the Mac? Does the Mac have the requisite extension installed to read the CD-ROM and its filesystem? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Opardalis Posted September 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 Yes, it's in an external enclosure, same behavior even when not connected to a scsi bus, including audio cds, it reads for like 1 sec then spits it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
68kMLA Supporter rsolberg Posted September 18, 2017 68kMLA Supporter Report Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) That does seem like a drive issue to me, particularly if it's doing this with commercially pressed CDs and not just CD-R/RWs. Here are Toshiba's product specs for the drive, which might as well be a service manual for all the information provided. If you want to troubleshoot any further, it might help. I might try setting the "Audio Playback (TEST)" header as detailed in the document. If the laser pickup and logic of the drive are working, it should begin playing an audio CD through the headphone jack upon insertion. EDIT typo Toshiba_XM-3301B_Product_Specification_Rev_2_Jul91.pdf Edited September 18, 2017 by rsolberg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NJRoadfan Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 These drives have notoriously fragile loading trays. User CelGen can tell you ALL about them. http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?40455-Toshiba-SCSI-CD-ROM-Drives The last one of these drives I had (IDE version, but same tray loader), landed up smashed on a concrete floor in a fit of rage because of that stupid tray sticking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NJRoadfan Posted September 24, 2017 Report Share Posted September 24, 2017 Hmm, this is a caddy loading drive? Its likely suffering from bad caps as the Sony drives Apple used suffer from the same problems. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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