[G4] MDD G4 has some quirks

OBrien bco at hiwaay.net
Fri Sep 19 06:32:38 PDT 2008


On Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:58:28 -0700 (PDT), Kevin Walsh wrote:
> Just got my dirty paws on a Mirror Drive Door model PowerMac, wanna 
> run down a list of quirks with you brainiacs to see if there's any 
> fixes round the bend.
> 
> 
> attempting 2 gigs of RAM........

That model can't use 2 gigs, can it?

> 
> opening the cd tray:  There's no eject button on the exterior as 
> most of you are familiar.  I'm able to trick it to open through 
> iTunes.  As indicated above, I'm using an old iMac keyboard - soon 
> to upgrade that - should one with the eject key work?

My G5 has no eject button at the drive. I use the eject button on the white keyboard. I think you can use the F12 key on older keyboards to open the CD door -- it's been awhile, so I'm not quite sure if that's right.


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O'Brien


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