[WinMac] RE: Mac won't boot from CD ROM

Scott Nishimura(Scott.Nishimura[at]trw.com)
Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:24:44 -0700

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   This may be totally off-the-wall...but is it possible that
your keyboard has an intermittent connection problem with the
"c" key (I believe that's how you reboot from CD)? This
might explain your boot problem, although not your play
problem.

Scott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jstahl [mailto:jstahl@stifirestop.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 4:47 AM
> Subject: Mac won't boot from CD ROM
>
>
> I've posted this question before and I didn't receive any
> responses... So
> I'll try it again. We have a Mac 9600-200 on our network
> that will not
> consistently force boot from the CD. The unit was serviced
> and the CD ROM
> was replaced. The problem is still there. It will play some
> CD's just
> fine. Others simply do not work. Unfortunately this
> includes system disks.
> An example is Mac Addict CD's. You can run the CD when you
> have booted
> from the hard drive, but it will not boot from the CD when
> system updates
> are included on the disk. The Apple system software disk
> will not boot the
> computer at all. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jim Stahl
>
>

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