QuestionJust purchased a USB Super Drive but unsure how to use it - o instructions provided apart from how to eject a cd.  Each time I put in a cd it just ejects it again.

Just purchased a USB Super Drive but unsure how to use it - o instructions provided apart from how to eject a cd.  Each time I put in a cd it just ejects it again.Can anyone help.

USB is rarely bootable under Mac OS X and PowerPC Macs.   Get a Firewire Superdrive from http://www.macsales.com/ if your intent is to boot the machine.   PPC, which is PowerPC, indicates the Mac predates 2006.

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