CD Drive From G4

I retrieved my old G3 from the attic and set it up. I had replaced the combo drive from my G4 with a super drive and thought I would install the combo drive in my G3. I did and everything fits, but the push button on the G3 won't open the tray.
Any ideas how I can get this to work?

If that combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW drive came from a Quicksilver or MDD G4, the actuator button on the faceplate may be (intentionally) missing. You'd notice it because there's a rectangular hole in the faceplate where the actuator would normally be found. Remove the optical drive bezel from the G3 to verify that the drive has or doesn't have the actuator button. If it doesn't have one and you're running a pre-OS X version on the beige, you can look for "Hot Tray" at VersionTracker. It's a small utility that when run, opens the optical tray. Link the utility to a Function key and you can open the drive's tray with the push of a button.

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No eSATA to USB. Just a SATA/IDE to USB adapter. Google SATA/IDE to USB adapter and you will get tons of links to buy them. Most likely your local computer electronics store has them, although they might be more expensive buying locally than online.
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I suggest a USB 2 type because there have been some problems with certain USB 3 devices, the USB 3 interface used isn't all that good in those certain devices. USB 3 is still fairly new where as USB 2 has been around for over 10 years.
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Thank you LowLuster,
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I have an external hard drive, from Iomega. However, I cannot copy or save any file to it. On my PC it says that is possible to read and write in it, but in my Mac, it says I can only read. can somebody help me?

I have an external hard drive, from Iomega. that I can open and see my files. However, I cannot copy or save any file to it. On my PC I have it says that is possible to read and write in it, but in my Mac, it says I can only read. can somebody help me?
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I think the problem is solved.
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On another front, I am appalled at Linksys or Cisco, who are not prepared to advice on getting more from their produicts if they are 'out of warranty'. The online chat tech said I could ring an 0871 premium line number in the UK. When I rang that, I was told as tthat as my unit is not faulty and was out of warranty I would have to use their pay per incident service.
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It is attached to another router.
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Hi all,
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tmcbride wrote:
Hi all,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1554
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rfairley wrote:
...Can I simply shut off both machines and swap all of the drives in one for all of the drives in the other? I would keep them in the same bays in the machine I'm trading them with, but I'm unsure if I will screw something else up.
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