> On Aug 21, 2017, at 6:27 AM, William Tomcanin <wt8091...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > My 15-year old original Pioneer optical drive has failed completely. I > removed it took it apart, cleaned it which brought it back to life for about > one day. Today it refuses to read anything! > > Time to replace it and I am wondering what folks are using these days. > > I've been to the OWC site and see some options for newer drives, but they > only function as CD/DVD-rom when connected internally with appropriate > adapters. I can live with that, but would appreciate any recommendations > from the group.
Yeah, finding an ATA optical drive is kinda hard nowadays. Honestly the simplest and cheapest solution would be to go with an external USB one: https://www.google.com/search?q=external+optical+disk+drive&client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB4NH_1ujVAhVG2WMKHT15DIwQ_AUICigB&biw=1801&bih=1381 Like this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-8x-external-usb-double-layer-dvdrw-cd-rw-drive/5852919.p If you’re running 10.5.8 (iirc) any functional optical drive should be recognized with all capabilities so this will work as a DL +/- burner. This has the advantage of being transportable to other systems as needed. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
