Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
DVD movies are fine on this one. Retail and DVD-R. Thanks! Now I'll pick up a drive off ebay from a Dell or similar and get it installed in my Pismo. Thanks to everyone else as well for their advice on this topic. -chris http://www.mythtech.net -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now I'll pick up a drive off ebay from a Dell or similar and get it installed in my Pismo. Why bother with eBay when new superdrives are available from regular retail channels for (usually) less than going eBay prices? zipzoomfly has the Pioneer DVR-K05 for under US$90. http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=171021 BTW, here's my page on Lombard/Pismo expansion bay optical drive swaps: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/PB_99_2K_EBM_sled.html dan k . http://macdan.n3.net/ carracho://dankephoto.dhs.org:9700 hotline://dankephoto.dhs.org:9500 . -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
On Dec 8, 2005, at 2:03 PM, chris wrote: Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs when you do that? My Pismo has a slot-loading drive from a newer TiBook in it (I happened upon the drive). The drive itself fit right onto the carrier for the Pismo drive. The bezel doesn't fit, so it looks a little unfinished, someday I may get around to hacking it so it does fit. Everything works, burning disks and watching DVD's. xlr8yourmac.com has a wealth of info about this, too. -- Bruce Johnson This is the sig who says 'Ni!' -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
Chris, I bought an external case (firewire,usb) 50 bucks or less and then bought a standard internal IDE/ATA cd-r 52x16x24 at compusa or staples for about 40 or 50 bucks, look for sales. Put them together, plug it into your pismo and there you have an external burner. It works great. I even have a usb only cd-r external box that I use all the time. I use toast 5.0 or 5.2 lite or titanium for the program. Do not forget to install the driver (toast) first. Also great for an external HD use. Good Luck. On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:03 PM, chris wrote: I'm looking to change the DVD drive in my Pismo to one that can burn CDs. I don't want to lose the DVD reading abilities however. I checked around, and such drives exist, but they are VERY expensive. However, I've heard that the drives themselves are a standard laptop drive sitting in the shell. In checking for generic laptop drives that support DVD reading and CD writing, they seem to be much more affordable (tons on ebay pulled from Dells and the likes). Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs when you do that? Any other options out there to get CD writing without spending a fortune and without needing to carry an external drive? -chris http://www.mythtech.net -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
On Dec 8, 2005, at 1:03 PM, chris wrote: Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Do you lose the ability to play DVDs when you do that? I replaced the dying DVD-ROM in my wife's Pismo with a Samsung combo drive from a Dell laptop. I swapped the internals in the caddy and used Patchburn to fully support burning. A little fine sanding and superglue on the bezel and you can hardly tell it's not the original. -Dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
On Dec 8, 2005, at 4:03 PM, chris wrote: Has anyone done this? Bought a drive and swapped the internals into the shell for the Pismo? Does it work? Yes, when the original LG CD drive died I replaced it with a Sony DVD/ CD-RW drive, works fine. I never got the faceplate to fit, so it looks a little funky. Seth -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
I replaced the dying DVD-ROM in my wife's Pismo with a Samsung combo drive from a Dell laptop. I swapped the internals in the caddy and used Patchburn to fully support burning. A little fine sanding and superglue on the bezel and you can hardly tell it's not the original. Can you still play DVD movies with it? I know Patchburn lets you make non Apple burners work with Apple tools, but I wasn't sure if you lost the ability to play DVDs by going with a 3rd party drive. I base this fear on the fact that I can't play DVDs using a 3rd party DVD drive on my iMac DV (its internal DVD drive has eject problems, so I try not to use it much). However, I freely admit that I don't know if the failure is because it is a 3rd party drive, or because it is external. As such, I'm just looking for a confirmation that the Pismo, when using a 3rd party drive to replace the original internal DVD drive, will still allow you to play DVD movies. If I can get that confirmation, I'll take the jump and get myself a DVD/CD-RW drive and make the swap. -chris http://www.mythtech.net -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: Pismo DVD/CD-RW drive
On Dec 8, 2005, at 8:40 PM, chris wrote: Can you still play DVD movies with it? I know Patchburn lets you make non Apple burners work with Apple tools, but I wasn't sure if you lost the ability to play DVDs by going with a 3rd party drive. DVD movies are fine on this one. Retail and DVD-R. -Dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
