iBook combo drive in Lombard?

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September 28, 2005 - 6:03pm
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Sniff_Dog
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iBook combo drive in Lombard?

Does anyone know if the combo drive from an iBook will work in a Lombard/Pismo Powerbook?

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September 28, 2005 - 6:29pm
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It would have to be a tray lo

It would have to be a tray loading combo drive.

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September 28, 2005 - 8:42pm
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slot loaders work too!

I've been able to get slot loading combo drives to work in Lombard/Pismo drive trays with good results. Granted, there's no bezel and it's ugly as sin, but it gets the job done.

- iantm

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September 28, 2005 - 9:48pm
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drive should work fine

The only issue is if the iBook drive is set to Slave in the drive itself, where the PB EBM drive expects a Master device. This is normally only an issue for CD-booting. Where you want to boot from the optical by holding the "C" key on startup, the 'Book looks for a Master device in the EB.

dan k

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