Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-09-12 Thread Valter Prahlad 
Il giorno 12/09/17 16:01, "William Tomcanin" ha scritto:

> Overall, I'm pleased with the replacement.  I don't know if it's worth it
> to try and find an adapter that would restore the ability to burn discs.

That's up to you, but I wouldn't.
When my iMac's internal optical drive stopped working, I just bought an
external Asus drive on Amazon:



It's cheap and it's been working flawlessly. No problem with the USB 2.0
connection.
It's one more gadget on the desk, but it's tiny and I use it every now and
then, so an external unit suits me fine. YMMV :-)


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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-09-12 Thread William Tomcanin 
Just a brief update...  I gave up on trying to get the the Pioneer optical
drive to work again -- I got it to work for about 1 day, then the same
problem.  I won't recognized discs (CDs or DVDs) that it played immediately
after cleaning the previous day.

The LG unit works well, although the ADDONICS IDE/SATA adapter that shipped
with it doesn't allow the unit to write CDs or DVDs.

Overall, I'm pleased with the replacement.  I don't know if it's worth it
to try and find an adapter that would restore the ability to burn discs.

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>> Hello everyone,
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>> 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.
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Bill
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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-09-07 Thread James Cordano 
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On Monday, August 21, 2017, William Tomcanin  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.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Bill
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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-08-21 Thread Valter Prahlad 
Il giorno 22/08/17 00:06, "Roger Hodge" ha scritto:

> Nope, Mine uses ATA drive for the dvd drive... :)

Yep.
IIRC, G5s had SATA interface for the hard drives, and ATA for the optical
drive(s).


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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-08-21 Thread Roger Hodge 

Nope, Mine uses ATA drive for the dvd drive... :)

On Aug 21, 2017, at 2:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:



On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Roger Hodge   
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I bought this one for my G5 and It works Great!

LG internal / Gh22 Super Multi DVD rewriter 22x 8.5GB DVD+R


G5’s use SATA drives and optical drives. QS systems use ATA.  
Different interface.


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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-08-21 Thread William Tomcanin 
Thanks, Bruce.

I am about to purchase an LG drive from OWC (with an SATA-IDE/ATAPI
converter).  I realize that I will likely loose write capability, but I
think that is a function of the adapter that is coming with the product.

 I'm in the process of researching other adapters that might allow me to
write with the appropriate S/W.

Bill

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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-08-21 Thread Bruce Johnson 

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Roger Hodge  wrote:
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> I bought this one for my G5 and It works Great!
> 
> LG internal / Gh22 Super Multi DVD rewriter 22x 8.5GB DVD+R

G5’s use SATA drives and optical drives. QS systems use ATA. Different 
interface.

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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-08-21 Thread Roger Hodge 

I bought this one for my G5 and It works Great!

LG internal / Gh22 Super Multi DVD rewriter 22x 8.5GB DVD+R

On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:



On Aug 21, 2017, at 6:27 AM, William Tomcanin   
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.




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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-08-21 Thread Bruce Johnson 

> On Aug 21, 2017, at 6:27 AM, William Tomcanin  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.

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Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

2017-08-21 Thread William Tomcanin 
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.

thanks in advance,
Bill

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