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[sim]

Well, only took four months, but finally had a chance to play. Thanks for all the suggestions but still not luck.I've managed to confirm that the resistor packs are still there. I actually found I had a faulty SCSI cable, so had to replace that, however I think that came about while playing, as the original problem is still there. I'm starting to think maybe it's a fault with the CDROM drive. Unfortunately I don't have another computer with SCSI to try it on so I'm a bit stuck.

I recently acquired an XSurf card so I think I might try using an IDE drive connected to that instead.

Cheers

[X-ray]

Sim, I'll do a deal with you.

I have a SCSI Toshiba XM3701B CD drive here that you can have. It was the first CD ROM I used in my A4000T. It is slow (6 speed if I remember correctly) and the tray is noisy upon eject and reload, but it works. I upgraded to a SCSI Yamaha re-writer.

What do I want for it?
A couple of bars of that Cadbury's Black Forest that I can't get here in the UK or in South Africa.
I'll send you the drive and then when you've seen it works, you send me a couple bars. How does that sound?

[sim]

Wow, you must be desparate for the stuff! Have you tried Kiwifruits, the New Zealand shop? Not sure if you're in London, but they appear to mail order, and they have blackforest listed on their website: http://www.kiwifruitsnzshop.com

Thanks for the offer, but I'd hate for you to go to the effort (and cost) of posting the old drive all the way to NZ and for me to have difficulty getting it working. It could still be the controller, rather than the drive that's causing the problem.

I'll try to have a look at the IDE option this weekend, but if your really desparate for the chocolate, and the kiwfruits shop doesn't work for you let me know. It certainly sounds like a fair swap (assuming the chocolate makes it all the way to the UK intact... we used to have yummy foods go missing from packages when we were living overseas... not the UK mind you)

Cheers

[X-ray]

@ Sim:

This CD drive is just sitting here, mate. It's begging for a new home. So PM me with your address and I'll send it off to you.