Panther Killed My Slot Load drive?

Updated to Panther last night on my g3 Imac 350. Now the slot drive will not load CDs – including the third install CD. I have the upgraded firmware (4.1.9). Any ideas what went wrong or how to fix it?

pstar,
I would try using Disk Utility to Repair Permissions (if you have not already). Before and after any update you need to run this. The Disk Utility can be found @ HD/Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility/Repair Permissions.
Let us know if that helps,
littleshoulders [:-)

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