[Cube] CD stuck in cube

[Mauricio Tavares]

James Deamara wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
>    If anyone's interested, replacing the internal cd-rom drive in the 
> cube wasn't as hard as I first thought.  I decided to replace it with a 
> slot loading slim DVD-ROM/CD-R/RW combo drive.  The biggest headache was 
> mounting the drive and insuring that it's slot was aligned properly with 
> the slot at the top of the inner cube cage.  I had some small scrap 
> sheets of aluminum which I fashioned into a pair of flexible brackets.  
> It's definitely worth the effort, no more frustration with stuck 
> disks...for now anyway. :)  Complete newbie's might want to pass on this 
> option though.
> 
> You'll need a slot loading slim profile (laptop) drive, I used a 
> panasonic drive (UJ-85J-B) but you may want to get one with apple 
> firmware (DVR-K05PD).  If you use a non firmware drive you'll also need 
> to use patchburn or some other utility to create a hardware profile in 
> order to burn disks.  You'll need a slim CD-ROM to IDE adapter and a 
> molex power supply converter/extension cable (converts a 5 1/4" power 
> supply cable to 3 1/2").  As mentioned you will also need a way of 
> mounting the drive.
> 
> And don't forget to change you hd setting to slave! :)
> 
	Oh, the HD is supposed to be slave (CD is master)? That might answer a 
few questions I have...

> James.
> 
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