[iBook] Second Hand Mac woes

[Andy McMullin]

Hi There,

When I wanted to replace the drive in my iBook, I found that a slot loader
wouldn't seem to fit. Instead I acquired a Toshiba SD-R2002 DVD/CD drive
which is a "slide-out" DVD-player and CD-player/writer. It just dropped
straight in to the hole in the casework; but it did require minor
modification to the plastic door to fit properly. Once (physically) fitted
the iBook just loved it with no software or other changes required --
running OSX.

In terms of RAM, mine is a G3 600 MHz iBook so it took "bog standard" memory
from one of the normal suppliers. Mine came with 128Mbytes on the
motherboard so a 512MByte card made it up to the maximum of 640Mbytes. Just
put "iBook" into the memory selection page of any reasonable preferred
supplier and let them sort things out for you.

Finally, I can recommend sticking with OSX (although I've turned off the
password requirement on my one). Once you've got the hang of it, it seems so
much better than OS9 -- but that comment is bound to start arguments.

Hope this helps

Regards
Andy, G8TQH
http://www.rickham.net/


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Subject: [iBook] Second Hand Mac woes

Hello everyone,

I am new to the list as I have just purchased a white second hand iBook 
G3 running at 500MHz. Unfortunately, the CD ROM drive doesn't appear to 
read any CDs I put in there and then there are a few other minor 
problems I am hoping some of you ay help me with.

Firstly, I would like to get an internal slot-loading combo drive to 
replace the failed drive. Can any one here provide me with more details 
on this? Perhaps someone here can suggest a model or brand. Secondly, I 
would like to install more RAM. Could someone provide me details on the 
RAM I need for this iBook? Finally, I had the mac startup from OSX, 
which was already installed on the iBook, and found myself presented 
with a login screen. I don't know the password and would like to simply 
restart the computer with OS9.

I would appreciate any help from anyone about any of these issues.

Thanks so much
Alex

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