MESSAGE
DATE | 2004-06-18 |
FROM | Mike Richardson - NYLXS PRESIDENT
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SUBJECT | RE: [hangout] Gene Wilder once said it best
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In an inservice you tell us how you did it.
On Thu, 17 Jun 2004, Steve Milo wrote:
> > Tell me what you think I should ad? More technical detail may be limited to > seat-of-the-pants theory. > > Steve > > On Thu, 17 Jun 2004 21:58:19 +0100, Inker, Evan wrote > > Here, Here..I second Mike's idea.. > > > > Regards, > > > > Evan M. Inker (New York) x. 4615 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Richardson [mailto:MRichardson-at-abc.state.ny.us] > > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 4:27 PM > > To: 'Steve Milo'; hangout-at-nylxs.com > > Subject: RE: [hangout] Gene Wilder once said it best > > > > As you killed the technight project. You have to do an Inservice on > > adjusting CD-ROM's. Congrads. -----Original Message----- > > From: Steve Milo [mailto:slavik914-at-mrbrklyn.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:47 PM > > To: hangout-at-nylxs.com > > Subject: [hangout] Gene Wilder once said it best > > > > in Young Frankenstien. > > > > LIFE! LIFE! GIVE THIS BEING LIFE! > > > > You can imagine my relief when I was able to finish installing YDL > > 3.0.1 on my laptop last night. To quote another line from a movie: > > 'Its like a load has been lifted. Gone. Where is it? Who knows. > > > > So last night I decided to remove the back plate of my laptop and completely > > disassemble my the CDROM for good measure. I finally found screwdrivers > > small enough to facilitate disassembly of this unit. Well as I was removing > > one of the screws I noticed the smalles allen-wrench head I ever > > saw. Right at the front of the unit. I couldnt figure out what it > > was for so I removed it and found that it would accutate something. > > The only way to be sure was to remove the cover for the CDROM. Lo > > and behold this thing accutates the angle of the tracks the laser > > rides on. I wasnt going to bank all my hopes on whether this would > > actually solve my problem so I inspected the guts of the drive. But > > this revealed nothing that appeared to be out of the ordinary. I > > reassembled the CDROM and reinstalled it but left the back cover of > > the laptop off so I could use my extremely accurate device to precisely > > adjusted the laser. Yes I just happen to have just such a rare > > device, this device I have at my disposal are very far and few in > > between. Such devices are extremely hard to come by and are usually > > acquired through great cost in time and experience. They go by > > different names these devices and are very unique but once in > > possesion of such devices an owner is reluctant to relinquish it. > > My device I have named 'the seat of my pants', it has served me > > well. Yesterday, with the back end of my PB G4 exposed with the > > laptop itself sitting sideways on the table I utilized the seat of > > my pants to adjust somewhat successfully the laser. Atleast just > > enough to get YDL-3.0.1 to get fully installed without missing one > > single package! The process went something like this: Back out > > adjusting screw all the way. Power up laptop. Insert CDROM and > > listen for thrashing. Tighten adjusting screw until thrashing > > subsides. Machine boots into OS. Access CDROM and listen for > > thrashing. Adjust screw to and fro until thrashing subsides. Repeat > > steps A to eleventeen. Once machine boots into the YDL boot disk > > adjust with just the slightest increments. Fall asleep. Wake up a > > few minutes later rush to the laptop only to discover that nothing > > has gone wrong. > > > > My guess is the reason the CDROM was so problematic was because the > > angle of the laser to the CDROM was off causing the reflection to > > not return at the proper angle. The end result was the circuitry > > would overcompenstate causing the head to thrash while it tried to > > catch up with the reflection. > > > > I'm naming my laptop Young Frankenstein and catching up on some sleep > > tonight. > > > > Steve M > > > > ____________________________ > > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > > Fair Use - > > because it's either fair use or useless.... > > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc > > > > ____________________________ > > NYLXS: New Yorker Free Software Users Scene > > Fair Use - > > because it's either fair use or useless.... > > NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc > > > > **************************************************************************** > > This message contains confidential information and is intended only > > for the individual or entity named. 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