Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive
Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVE™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone Original message From: t...@prismnet.com Date:04/13/2015 11:59 AM (GMT-05:00) To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 10:55:31 AM UTC-5, Bill wrote: Hello all, As the subject line implies, the Superdrive in my trusty Quicksilver will no longer read DVDs. CDs appear to read ok, although burning is becoming problematic (50-50 chance of success). Can anyone suggest a replacement? The difficulty is that PATA drives are no longer manufactured and the old stock of half-height (normal optical drive sized) PATA optical drives ran out a long time ago. SATA optical drives are still available. Newegg regularly has them for less than $20, so, if there is room, you might install a SATA optical drive with a PATA to SATA adapter (some of the adapters will work in both directions). Another alternative is to get this slim PATA optical drive: http://amzn.com/B001B7XYZO This or similar slimline PATA to normal PATA adapter: http://r.ebay.com/Yy4C5d And you may need this slim-line optical drive to full-size optical drive physical adapter: http://amzn.com/B007C1KPQY The drive is slot-load, so it may not work well if you G4 has doors that need to be pushed open by a tray. Jeff Walther I use an external firewire DVD drive with my Macs. It solved every problem I ever had burning discs on Apple hardware. USB is cheaper but sucks on PPC macs. -- -- 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.
Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive
On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 10:55:31 AM UTC-5, Bill wrote: > > Hello all, > > As the subject line implies, the Superdrive in my trusty Quicksilver will > no longer read DVDs. CDs appear to read ok, although burning is becoming > problematic (50-50 chance of success). > > Can anyone suggest a replacement? > The difficulty is that PATA drives are no longer manufactured and the old stock of half-height (normal optical drive sized) PATA optical drives ran out a long time ago. SATA optical drives are still available. Newegg regularly has them for less than $20, so, if there is room, you might install a SATA optical drive with a PATA to SATA adapter (some of the adapters will work in both directions). Another alternative is to get this slim PATA optical drive: http://amzn.com/B001B7XYZO This or similar slimline PATA to normal PATA adapter: http://r.ebay.com/Yy4C5d And you may need this slim-line optical drive to full-size optical drive physical adapter: http://amzn.com/B007C1KPQY The drive is slot-load, so it may not work well if you G4 has doors that need to be pushed open by a tray. Jeff Walther -- -- 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.
Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive
> On Apr 12, 2015, at 11:55 AM, William Tomcanin wrote: > the Superdrive in my trusty Quicksilver will no longer read DVDs. CDs appear > to read ok, although burning is becoming problematic (50-50 chance of > success). Before you go for a replacement, try cleaning it! fwiw, - Dan. -- -- 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.
Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive
Thanks, Bruce! Bill On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > > On Apr 12, 2015, at 8:55 AM, William Tomcanin > wrote: > >Hello all, > > As the subject line implies, the Superdrive in my trusty Quicksilver will > no longer read DVDs. CDs appear to read ok, although burning is becoming > problematic (50-50 chance of success). > > Can anyone suggest a replacement? > > Thanks in advance, > Bill > > > Pretty much any ATA DVD +/- R/RW drive will work, if you’re using 10.5. > For previous versions of OS X you need to get Patchburn: < > http://www.patchburn.de> > > -- > 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. > -- -- 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.
