Peter The Tangerine iMac with a slot drive is the batch of models prior to the Ruby you have. I see no reason why it shouldn't play DVDs.
Like I said I had a Snow version and it came with a DVD and played them fine. It must have the same video card as your Ruby so I don't see a problem. Both the Tangerine and Ruby have 4MB 2x AGP graphics cards. Simon On 19 Dec 2008, at 13:27, Peter Mc Court wrote: > Thanks (again) Simon. > > Some more info: my Ruby is a Summer 2000 (400 MHz) version, with an > ATI Rage 128Pk/128Pro card (8MB VRAM). > > The defunct Tangerine (with DVD drive) has an ATI Rage 128K/128VR > card (8MB VRAM). > > The only reason I would like to put a DVD in Ruby would be to play > films for my kids. However, if I can't show films with Ruby's video > card, then I'll skip swapping out Ruby's CD drive, and use Firewire > Target Disk Mode for software/OSX installations etc. > > Cheers - peter > > On 19 Dec 2008, at 12:10, Simon Royal wrote: > >> Peter >> >> I cannot see why this shouldn't work. It is a pretty straight >> forward procedure to swap optical drives. >> >> They are both slot drives. The Ruby according to MacTracker is an >> iMac DV, which came with either a 24x CD or a 4x DVD. I had the >> 500Mhz Snow version which came with a DVD drive and it worked fine >> for playing DVDs. >> >> All of the iMacs in this range have the same graphics card. >> >> Simon >> >> On 19 Dec 2008, at 10:54, Peter Mc Court wrote: >> >>> Greetings all, >>> >>> I have a Ruby iMac (G3, 400MHz, 36GB HD, CD drive, 256MB RAM, >>> OS9.2.1, Firmware 4.1.9, Airport card, model number M7706). >>> >>> Ruby has a 24XCDROM player. >>> >>> I also have a Tangerine iMac with a dead mobo, but with a >>> functional slot loading 4XDVD drive. >>> >>> My question: can I swap Ruby's ATA CD drive with the Tangerine's >>> ATA DVD? I'm concerned about Ruby's architecture - I cannot run >>> Apple's DVD player on her as I get the message that the graphics >>> card is not supported. And, I know that this is not a small job, >>> so I'd like any input before I embark on major surgery. >>> >>> Cheers and TIA, >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk >> --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 >> >> >> >> > > > > --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to imaclist-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
