New DVD drive help

I just got a Mac Pro with Leopard it has one super drive . I added a second Pioneer DVR-112D. The drive opens and closes properly with the eject key. When I insert any disk. It ejects it after 4 or 5 seconds. The firmware of the drive is 1.21. I have the drive configured to be a slave. That is the only dip switch set.
Anyone have an idea how I can get ti to read a disk. Thanks in advance
Clay

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It should be possible, although you'll have to replace the existing optical drive, as the second bay can only accomodate 3.5" drives such as a zip drive.
Installation instructions, including a QuickTime movie, can be found here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75314
Removing the old drive just involves unplugging the ribbon and power cable, undoing four screws to remove the drive and carrier from the computer and undoing a further four screws to remove the drive from the carrier. Installation of the new drive is basically the reverse process. You'll also just need to make sure the jumpers on the back of the new drive are set correctly to master.
You may want to make sure the drive is supported by the OS first though, with or without the help of PatchBurn:
http://www.patchburn.de/

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Hi guys,
I'm a long-time Mac user, and this is the first time I've had any problems so I'm new to this board. I had a bit of a look around, both on this forum and the FAQs, and this appears to be a unique problem.
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Hi Ronda, thanks for the response. I've pulled it apart a couple of times and have put it back together via the instructions I downloaded on the internet both times, and have had the same problem. To be honest, I can't answer that! I'll have to pull it apart this afternoon again to check.

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Here's a pretty good description of the steps with pictures: http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/PowerBook-G4-Al-17-Inch/SuperDrive/55/8/Page-1 . You didn't say which model you have, these are the instructions for all but the very last 1.67Ghz Hi-rez 17" PowerBook.

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Last edited by Ashren (2008-01-29 22:27:44)

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