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Subject: Re: Apple CD SC
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Date: 13 Nov 90 18:33:04 GMT
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Reply-To: mdivax1!bb12c!jackb (Jack Brindle)
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In article <94970.273E28A2@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Greg.Hiscott@f823.n102.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Greg Hiscott) writes:
>This is for all you Apple CDROM drive owners out there!  My drive has been 
>in the shop since October 23, 1990.  According to the Service Manager at
>the local Apple dealer, Apple is recalling CDROM mechanisms due to a the
>high return rate.        
>I am reporting this as I was told by the Service Manager.
>I have also read of many users having to remove fans and clean the lens of 
>their CDROM Drive mechanisms frequently.  My unit was new and had hardly
>been used at all.  It did not have a fan in it.  It played audio CDs just
>fine but was not able to mount data CDs.

Interesting... I had a similar problem with my CDSC a few weeks ago. It
simply quit reading data disks, but played sound nicely. I cleaned the
mechanism with a head cleaner, but it didn't resolve the situation. Then
I started pulling inits out of the system folder. Removing DosMounter restored
the use of my CDROM. What's even more interesting is that I later dropped
DosMounter back into the system and things run fine. 
My theory on looking at system software was that the player read audio CDs
fine. So it was probably some piece of software that was keeping it from
working. At least it solved my problem!

Jack Brindle