Ralph
On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 09:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
on 04/12/2003 10:47, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
just went on Ebay and got a 3rd party CD-R/DVD-ROM drive and dropped it into
the tray from the old drive. After I found the burner software update,
everything worked great. Plus, now I can play the LOTR Extended Editions.
Yay!
-- Joe Crow
This is definitely the way to go. For lots of feedback on the different 3rd
party Combo drives that people have used successfully with the Pismo, check
the web site xlr8yourmac.com under Drive Compatibility Database.
Personally, I have successfully used 2 different Combos in my Pismo with
both 9 and Jaguar: a 24x10x24x8x Samsung SN-324B and a 24x24x24x8x Sony
CRX830E. Both work perfectly with Toast 5.2 and, after modifying the iTunes
plugin, are compatible with it too. They are bootable: the Samsung only when
holding down the ALT/Option key at startup, and the Sony when holding down
the ALT/Option key or selecting the disk from the Startup Disk control
panel. They are not bootable holding down the "C" key, because they are set
to "Slave" (they show up as device "1" in Apple System Profiler) and not
"Master".
Check the xlr8yourmac web site for these things if you want, because some
Combo drives offer different things:
- the original Pismo DVD faceplate (or bezel) fits onto the new Combo:
people have had some success here with Matshita/Panasonic combo drives, if
their original Pismo DVD was a Matshita
- the Combo is or can be set to Master: some drives ship this way from the
factory (people have mentioned Acer drives, which use, IIRC,
Matshita/Panasonic); others have reported switches on the drive that let you
switch it to Master
- iTunes/Disk Burner compatibility: many Combo drives are compatible right
out of the box; almost all drives can be made compatible: in 9 by using a
modified Authoring Support exension, in Jaguar by using a freeware app
called Patchburn
Prices have dropped a lot and you can now find fast Combos (burn CDs at 24x)
for less than $100 either on ebay or from an online store. Fire up Google
and have a look.
Good luck.
Chris
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