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CD-rom on G4 won't open
Name: EikoozDog Date: July 12, 2002 at 17:54:35 Pacific
Comment:
Allright, this is going to sound stupid to those of you who are Mac users. Here's the deal, I just got a new G4 w/ dual 1ghz. A DVD burner and a Cd-rom drive. Now I can open the DVD drive via the eject button on the keyboard, but I can't figure out how to open the CD-rom drive. I can't find a "physical" button on either the computer or keyboard. I've had no luck with the "software" way either. I can't find any where in OS X that evens shows the drive. Now I would think that it was shipped to me setup and working. Of course I could be wrong. This definitely makes me never wanting to buy a Mac......luckily it's not mine...I just have to set it up. Thank God for Pc's....soooo much easier. :)
Name: fieraci Date: July 12, 2002 at 19:29:20 Pacific
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I have a toaster in my kitchen that can toast either bagels or bread. I can put a bagel in and toast it, then when I am done eating the bagel I can go to the same exact toaster and put rye bread in, and toast it.
.........Got it?
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Response Number 2
Name: Andy Date: July 12, 2002 at 20:51:50 Pacific
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Superdrive...four functions,one name and one drive...... In other words you have been opening the cd-rom,dvd-rom,cd-rw and dvd-rw the whole time....it's one drive!,and as far as I know that's all you can put in a dp- g4,seeing how it lack a second 5.25" drive bay!.
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Response Number 3
Name: OccSub Date: July 17, 2002 at 10:19:23 Pacific
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You silly boy, there is only one drive! These people spend their valuable time because you think you bought two drives. Ha ha.
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