The A1 works in some models doesn�t in others. There tons of reviews on the A1 there. Its an old drive so you have to go back to a few pages where the older drives lie. The 1611 is the only Sony Ive had reliably work with my old b&w. For compatibility reasons, spend a little more cash and get a firewire drive or an actual Apple drive. My G3 would not boot from a system cd (or Norton or any cd for that matter), and would actually lock up and not skip it and boot from the hard drive as well. Toast worked sometimes, not others. But it did show up and was listed as supported in the Apple System Profiler. It was a very confusing issue. So I took it back and luckily the store I bought it at had stock of the 1611's still so I got one of those... No 24x but the box said Mac on it and was worth it. Also, when it comes support time, watch what Sony does when you tell em you put it in a Mac hehe..
> I have a blue G3 with a G4/400 card in it (Newer Tech) and I want to > replace the standard 32x CD-ROM drive with a CDRW drive. I need it to > be able to boot from OS 9 and OS X CDs, work in OS 9 (just not crash on > startup, as some do), and burn discs in OS X. It would also be nice if > it was quiet and fast - a 24x or higher with a 40x read speed would be > fine, but a faster burn would be nicer. > > I've been to www.xlr8yourmac.com and looked at the drive compatibility > reports, and so far the one that seems to have some nice positive > feedback (works with pretty much everything in OS 9 and OS X) is the > Sony CRX175A1 (not the A-A1 or the A1/C1 or anything, just plain A1). > It's kinda difficult to search their site by compatibility, you pretty > much have to go by model and look for the ones that are compatible. > Also, not very many reviews were submitted with Jaguar, because it was > released just a short time ago. > > So could anyone here who's added an IDE CDRW to their blue G3 tell me > how theirs is working and which model they have? I'd really appreciate > it. > -- Chris http://www.towelhead.net http://www.mp3.com/stemcellvirus http://www.mp3.com/towelhead -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
