[Cube] DVD won't eject from firmware

[Roy Hackett]

Tom I think you have a master/slave conflict between the HD and the  
optical drive. I think the CD needs to be master and the HD a slave.  
Check the jumper setting on the old HD and duplicate on the new.
Roy

On Sep 22, 2007, at 7:32 PM, Tom Burns wrote:

>
> On 9/22/07 8:33 PM, "Ronald Steinke" <ronsteinke at mac.com> wrote:
>
>> On 22 Sep, 2007, at 8:51, Tom Burns wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Just replaced by old HD with a new one and stupidly left a CD in  
>>> the CD-DVD
>>>
>>>
>>> ROM drive, so now I can't install OS X on the new HD.
>>>
>>
>> Just restart your Mac and hold the mouse button down during the  
>> startup
>> procedure. This will cause any removable media to be ejected  
>> without having to
>> use any command line text in terminal mode.
>>
>> Also, there should be a small hole on the front of your disk  
>> reader that you
>> can insert a straightened paper clip into and gently press the  
>> disk release
>> lever to eject the disk.
>>
>> Either of these methods are usually successful.
>>
>>
>>
>  Good suggestions. I’ve tried all the usual methods, but the Cube  
> simply
> doesn’t recognize the optical drive with the new HD installed. It  
> looks at
> the HD, doesn’t find an OS, and just stops there, blinking the  
> “folder” icon
> that indicates it can’t find an OS anywhere.  It doesn’t seem to  
> try to look
> down the chain for the optical drive.
>
> I reinstalled the old HD, complete with OS 10.4, and it booted fine  
> and
> recognized the optical drive.  It was the only way to get the old  
> CD to
> eject without disassembling the machine and mechanically removing it.
>
> I then reinstalled the new HD, put the OS 10.4 DVD in the drive and  
> pressed
> “C” to try to get the thing to boot to the OS installer.  No dice.   
> It still
> tries  to look for an OS on the new HD and then stalls there.
>
> This is a new one on me, and I’ve installed more than a few hard  
> drives into
> older Macs.
>
> BTW, I’m using the latest/ last version of the Cube firmware (4.19,  
> I think)
> and I’ve also maxed out the memory and added the Powermax 1.67 GHz  
> processor
> upgrade.  The larger HD would be nice if I can get the Cube to  
> install an
> OS. Sigh.
>
> Does anybody know what’s going on?
>
> Tom B.
>
>
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