Hello , I replaced the CDROM in my 500mhz G3 (1 gb RAM) with a DVD/CDROM a few months ago so it is not only possible it worked great. The swap is pretty easy and requires just a screwdriver. Some of the screws are rather small so it helps if the screwdriver is magnetized, especially if you drop one in the machine :) The instructions for opening up the iMac G3 are available online. I used the drive to install Tiger but never tried playing a movie until just now. In fact it's playing a movie right now. It doesn't play in full screen but covers most of the screen, preserving the aspect ratio of the movie format. One thing I can tell you is I had to close most other applications to get the DVD to play smoothly, but it is only a 4x DVD. Freeing up CPU and memory makes the movie play much better,
With OS9 installed on your machine performance may actually be better... Joe "The road less travelled sure got a lot of stones..." - Everlast On Dec 19, 2008, at 2:54 AM, 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 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
