Can anyone please confirm if either of these drives will work in a Pismo?
a Pioneer DVR-K05? or a Panasonic UJ-835-B?
Either would work great. You may however need to mod the expansion bay's
interface board to force the new drive to 'bus Master' status. See my
page for a detailed explanation:
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
On Nov 26, 2005, at 6:11 AM, Frank Cornew wrote:
Uses DVD-R and DVD-RW, think that the mac line currently uses DVD
+R, shouldn't be an issue with finished disks. Just means that you
will need stocks of different media if you get a more current mac.
No, the G5's use Pioneer DVR109's for
On 13/09/05 11:07, Ed Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How do you monitor or check on the status of your DVD/CD player? I'm
running OSX.
What do you mean exactly by monitor or check the status?
-Laurent.
--
Laurent
I'm sorry... is there an application that controls the player or is it
just an automatic thing? One minute it was playing both formats and
just stopped and wont read any disks...
On Sep 13, 2005, at 11:26 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On 13/09/05 11:07, Ed Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 13/09/05 11:53, Ed Zelinsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm sorry... is there an application that controls the player or is it
just an automatic thing? One minute it was playing both formats and
just stopped and wont read any disks...
On Sep 13, 2005, at 11:26 AM, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
On Sep 2, 2005, at 9:30 PM, G-Books wrote:
Many Matshita tray-loading DVD-R burners from the UJ-810/811/etc.
series can use the original Matshita bezel from the DVD read only
drive. Both have 3 small screws and 2 line up perfetcly; you can
either leave the 3rd screw out (the tray still works
On Sep 1, 2005, at 9:30 PM, G-Books wrote:
The Matshita SR-8174-C drive and sled (you'll need both) is the other
major OEM drive that was used on the Pismo and will fit perfectly.
The SR-8174-C 6X Mfgd 2000 (Pismo) and the SR-8173-C ?X Mfgd 1999
(Lombard) both seem to work well.
I've
Many Matshita tray-loading DVD-R burners from the UJ-810/811/etc.
series can use the original Matshita bezel from the DVD read only
drive. Both have 3 small screws and 2 line up perfetcly; you can
either leave the 3rd screw out (the tray still works fine) or, as
some people have done,
Go to
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso
and search the drive compatibility database. Over 100
entries for Combo DVD-CDR (under Select a Mac Model,
use PowerBook G3 2000 Rage128 Mobility). At least one
mention there about the quality of the LM drive.
Most all of the
On Aug 31, 2005, at 12:40 PM, Robert Eye wrote:
Heck, the Pismo is obsolete.
Waa..
Now you had to go and burst my bubble I finally thought I was using a
current machine ;-P
HaHa.
I just got my pismo this month, since I got my wife a TiBook 667 to
I will say the lombard is obsolete since it can't install 10.4 only
10.3.9 and lower.
True, but with XPostFacto ...
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On Aug 31, 2005, at 12:29 pm, K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good evening Lista's,
My 3rd LG (POS!!!) CD/DVD drive has gone south.. Does anyone know if
the Mat unit (drive and sled) is a perfect match for the Pismo as a
replacement?
The Matshita SR-8174-C drive and sled (you'll need both) is
The Matshita SR-8174-C drive and sled (you'll need both) is the other
major OEM drive that was used on the Pismo and will fit perfectly.
The SR-8174-C 6X Mfgd 2000 (Pismo) and the SR-8173-C ?X Mfgd 1999
(Lombard) both seem to work well.
I've replaced both with up-to-date writeable and
In a message dated 8/30/05 9:11:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
My 3rd LG (POS!!!) CD/DVD drive has gone south.. Does anyone know if
the Mat unit (drive and sled) is a perfect match for the Pismo as a
replacement?
The MATSHITA (Panasonic) drive in the machine is obsolete, and Panasonic
The later model G3 books and earlier model G4 books are notorious for
not mounting CD/DVDs. I have the first G4, (Mercury), and I'm
currently on my third drive. The consensus in the discussion forums on
Apple's website is that there is an OS or firmware problem in the
computers. People have
On Apr 6, 2005 9:42 PM, John Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Try resetting the computer, with power off, by pushing that little
button on the back edge. If that fails, try resetting parameter RAM,
which I forget how to do.
Yeah, I tried all that and more. I am going to call the seller and see
On 5 Apr 2005, at 22:20, G-Books wrote:
Subject: Pismo DVD problem
I have recently bought two PowerBooks from a used Mac dealer. The
Pismo so far has had a dead battery, mailed back to the seller, and is
having issues mounting DVDs. When we got it we put a movie in and
nothing happened, but the
On Apr 5, 2005, at 12:24 PM, Lorance Stinson wrote:
I have recently bought two PowerBooks from a used Mac dealer. The
Pismo so far has had a dead battery, mailed back to the seller, and is
having issues mounting DVDs. When we got it we put a movie in and
nothing happened, but the second movie
Original Message
Subject:RE: Pismo DVD Failure
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 17:53:50 -0400
From: K [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mikael Byström wrote:
Eugene, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
You can get a better drive:
http://www.wegenermedia.com
The chair recognizes K at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Make it good...
Greetings Lista's,
Pismo 400 -10.3.3- LG dvd unitThis unit had ben working
perfectly until last nightThe last time I used it to play a dvd was
2 weeks ago...all was well...Last night I went to play a movie and the
unit
On 5/4/04, Mike K wrote:
Pismo 400 -10.3.3- LG dvd unitThis unit had ben working
perfectly until last nightThe last time I used it to play a dvd was
2 weeks ago...all was well...Last night I went to play a movie and the
unit failed to mount the dvd...It spins up then spins down and
I would guess that most people on this list at least, are upgrading their
DVD modules and keeping them with one of those listed in the archives. That
is why they are so hard to come by now.
Tom
on 3/19/04 1:37, raoul reyes at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a couple of years back (search archives, i
a couple of years back (search archives, i can't remember the guys
name) i gave my dead pismo dvd player to someone on this list. he said
he just needed the ribbon cable. i know it's a long shot but he might
still have the case and willing to part with it.
On Mar 18, 2004, at 4:46 AM, Eric
Michael:
Unfortunately, these are very hard to find. Try the swap list, that's
where I finally found one after much looking.
... e
On Mar 13, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Michel Treisman wrote:
The DVD player on my Pismo G3 Firewire powerbook got struck on the
edge when the powerbook
slid off a table
The plastic case on my Pismo Powerbook DVD-ROM Module is broken. the
works are OK.
I need a dead Pismo DVD drive so I can cannibalize the case. But dead
drives are not offered
on eBay as far as I can see.
Does anyone know where I could get one?
TIA,Mike
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on 24/10/2003 16:47, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Eric Morrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Howdy:
I just did this. I replaced the CD/DVD drive in my Pismo (10.2.8...
soon to be 10.3) with a new LG GCC-4240 combo DVD read, CDRW drive.
Congrats Eric.
Howdy:
I just did this. I replaced the CD/DVD drive in my Pismo (10.2.8...
soon to be 10.3) with a new LG GCC-4240 combo DVD read, CDRW drive.
Great drive. Fast and works great with burning (you can get files off
of xlr8yourmac.com so that you can burn from iTunes in both OS 9 and
10). The
Nah, it just means you are using some fairly new CD-R media.
My Lombard does the same thing, but only with more recently produced
media, along with my 8600. If you take a look at the newer media, it is
translucent when looked at from the data side. That combined with the
cheaper dyes being
Michael J. Granado wrote:
Hello,
Everytime I insert an audio CD into my Pismo CD drive, the drive begins
to rev really high (sounds like a jet airplane). The drive still seems
to work fine and the revving lasts only temporarily, but the noise is
surely something wrong and unnatural. Is this
I'd like to add a comment on this Pismo CD issue. I've noticed that my Pismo
CD tends to do this noisy high-speed spinning when I insert a home-burned CD
(using RoxioToast). It will eventually show up on the desktop, but it takes
a while. Does this mean the drive is going? It's happened for over a
on 21/10/03 18:10, Michael J. Granado at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
Everytime I insert an audio CD into my Pismo CD drive, the drive begins
to rev really high (sounds like a jet airplane). The drive still seems
to work fine and the revving lasts only temporarily, but the noise is
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 11:47 PM, Kochkodin wrote:
Likewiseonly happens occasionally
Regards,
Mike K
Laurent Daudelin wrote:
on 21/10/03 18:10, Michael J. Granado at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello,
Everytime I insert an audio CD into my Pismo CD drive, the drive
begins
to rev
This was with the original Mat drive that had to be replaced 01/03 under
AC...Now have the LG drive and have it once in awhile
Regards,
Mike K
Donald Keenan wrote:
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 11:47 PM, Kochkodin wrote:
Likewiseonly happens occasionally
Regards,
Mike K
Laurent Daudelin
Michelle Martinez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Pismo DVD drive that's bare...that is, the
outermost part is the metal casing, there's no black
plastic surrounding caddy. Any ideas where I could
get the caddy part, so I can use the drive? Or is the
only solution to buy a whole new drive?
You
Pull the battery and pull the AC cord. That will kill it. The machine
will run a file system check on reboot so it will take a but longer
start after you do this. Hopefully you can eject the dvd after that.
Steve
On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 10:28 PM, Donald Keenan wrote:
Hi all!
I need
On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 11:49 PM, Steve Fuller wrote:
Pull the battery and pull the AC cord. That will kill it. The machine
will run a file system check on reboot so it will take a but longer
start after you do this. Hopefully you can eject the dvd after that.
Steve
On Friday, October
Hi!
M5505 (year 1999)
Macintosh PowerBook G3 Series 2X DVDxROM Module
M7931 (year 2000)
PowerBook DVD-ROM Module
Sounds strange to me that it has G3 Series as this was the
Wallstreet range, and the unit doesn't fit that PowerBook,
nor is the DVD supported in the Lombard...
The Pismo/Lombard are
From: Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you for your advice!! I will follow it and hopefully keep the
best drive! :o)
Laurence
However, you are incorrect as far as the names are concerned:
The Pismo/Lombard are referred to as Powerbook G3 Series, though. (As
opposed to Wallstreet, which
From: Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you for your advice!! I will follow it and hopefully keep the
best drive! :o)
:)
However, you are incorrect as far as the names are concerned:
Okay... I stand erected!
PS: My DVD-ROM drive is the M7931 2000 model, and the label explicitly
states
on 19/09/03 10:06, Lewin Edwards at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you for your advice!! I will follow it and hopefully keep the
best drive! :o)
:)
However, you are incorrect as far as the names are concerned:
Okay... I stand erected!
To settle some misunderstandings, G3 PowerBooks came in several sets:
The PowerBook G3 [Kanga, 3500, processor speeds of 250MHz, used a 3400
case, does not support Mac OS X]
PowerBook G3 Series [Wallstreet/Mainstreet/1998, speeds of 233, 266,
300, several screen sizes, all legacy ports, last
on 19/09/2003 15:40, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
PS: My DVD-ROM drive is the M7931 2000 model, and the label explicitly
states that it's an MKE SR-8174-C (MKE = Matsushita-Kotobuki
Electronics, i.e. Panasonic). It is a 6X drive.
Mine says:
PowerBook DVD-ROM Module
Model Number
PowerBook DVD-ROM Module
Model Number M7931 (MKE #SR-8174-C) 5V
So, I guess I also have a 6X drive?
Yes, as long as the SR-8174 is still inside that housing! Check it in
Apple System Profiler to be sure before choosing between the drives.
-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards http://www.zws.com/
Learn how to
From: Lewin Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED]
However, you are incorrect as far as the names are concerned:
Okay... I stand erected!
I always thought I had strange sexual interests, but Macs ?!? ;o)
---
My DVD-ROM drive is the M7931 2000 model, and the label explicitly states
that it's an MKE
From: David Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I would tend not to use a Lombard DVD-ROM in a Pismo until I had confirmed
that it worked by some other means. I have not heard any cases of drive bay
modules from a Lombard being incompatible, I believe in fact they all are
compatible with a Pismo,
I was just looking around and the same is stated in Apple's Knowledge
Base so yeah you are right that either will work.
David
From LowEndMac:
The Pismo PowerBook uses the same drive bay devices as the Lombard
PowerBook G3, although its DVD drive cannot be used on Lombard.
Laurence
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I beg your pardon. :o)
From: David M. Ensteness [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:19:46 -0500
The Lombard was also called the PowerBook G3 Series as I stated in my
earlier e-mail.
David
On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 02:49:03PM -0500, David Ensteness wrote:
: Eugene Lee clarified:
:
: Actually:
:
: Lombard = PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze)
: Pismo = PowerBook G3 Series (Firewire)
:
: The Pismo was not referred to the PowerBook G3 Series in Apple's
: documentation.
Bzzt!
ooh ouch, looks like I was wrong on that one. OK, point taken.
David
Bzzt!
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25018
Symptom
If a serial or LocalTalk device is connected to the S-Video port
on the PowerBook G3 Series (Bronze Keyboard and FireWire) or
Laurence Tekno Liber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Pismo PowerBook uses the same drive bay devices as the Lombard
PowerBook G3, although its DVD drive cannot be used on Lombard.
I'm not aware of DVD play problems with any particular DVD mechanism in a
Lombard under classic MacOS. Just now I popped
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:40:27 -0400
From: Pete Gregory
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:47:58 -0500
From: James Rohde
Message-Id:
[snip]
Pete, you possibly have
on 14-07-2003 16:44, G-Books at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Apparently it's something that LG has addressed, but obviously not soon
enough for those of us who were blessed with LG mechanisms. I think the
total
damage was around $100 for a new mechanism, and it only took about 3 minutes
to
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive not recognizing CD's
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 23:47:58 -0500
From: James Rohde [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[snip]
Pete, you possibly have the dreaded 'LG dying' problem (which I had
shortly before my original warranty ran out). The LG model of drive
Try http://mywebpages.comcast.net/gionpeters//pb1400.htm
Towards the bottom of the page he suggests how to fix a 1400's CD drive.
Might work for you too...
Wiebe.
On 14/7/03 11:36 PM, Pete Gregory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any bright ideas as what the problem is and how to fix it?
My 3
You'll probably be told this by a hundred other people on this list but the
answer is those dreaded letters LG. These Lucky Goldstar drives fail all
the time. I got through three of them until someone said try and the
Matsushita brand. So far, mine has been fine. I'm sure you'll find that's
the
I had this exact same problem and figuring that the mechanism was blown,
bought a new mechanism for it from Wegener Media. They mentioned this happens a
lot with the DRN8080B mechanism, and they've found a new revision of the drive
which is less problematic. As it's working perfectly now
On 07/14/2003, Pete Gregory apparently wrote:
Any bright ideas as what the problem is and how to fix it?
My 3 year old pismo (OS 9.22, 382 Mb Ram, stock 20Mb HD) has stopped
recognising CD's. I put a CD or CD-R in the drive, close the unit, the
drive spins up, spins down about a second later
You asked about the ASP description of my Drive. It says Matshita...
Rev.no. 080E... Product DVD-ROM SR 8171... Serial no. Not available
Hope that's of interest TONY
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on 28/02/03 15:54, Tony Coult at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ongoing report on Matsushita Pismo DVD drive, as promised. It cost £160, not
£190, plus VAT. It had a white sticker over the model number which
unfortunately got mangled when I put it in the machine. However the model
number on the
You do not have to pull the Matshita drives open, they pop open just like
any other drive. Yours must be catching on the Pismo case, causing it not to
open properly.
Mine is listed under system Profiler as:
Vendor: MATSHITA
Revision: X113
Product ID: DVD-ROM SR8174
On the case:
PowerBook DVD-ROM
This is what I have for swapping drives:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/oem_combo_drives/build_guide/build_combo_dr
ive.html
LOL, That's it! thanks for doing my homework Tom! =)
I would like to keep this thread very active as lots of people have Pismo
(firwire 2000) laptops. If apple is
Ryan,
Just curious...what are the so many problems that you have with your Pismo?
Mike Kochkodin
Oh let me count the ways:
(Day.month.year)
Computer purchased on 12.1.2001
27.4.2001 Battery will not hold charge. Replaced
5.11.2001 LG-8080B (DVD) stopped mounting DVDs, CDs shortly after.
on 2/25/03 1:41 PM, Ryan Stewart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I love my Pismo, I just wish it didn't have so many
problems.
In my case, this is my only problem! I haven't had the bad screen--yet, but
my drive went bad just weeks out of warranty, and just when I didn't have
the money to either
on 2/25/03 9:24 PM, Ryan Stewart at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh let me count the ways:
Ouch! Boy did you get a lemon! I have never seen such a list of problems for
any Pismo or any other computer for that matter! :-) (with the possible
exception of 5300s???) I would have given up long before.
: One of my friends got Apple to replace his LG drive under Apple Care
and
: they send another LG drive as the replacement, so they must not feel
it is a
: problem with the brand of drive.
Sigh, my dvd drive had to be replaced and under AppleCare, they sent me
another LG :(
So far so
On 02/24/2003, Ryan Stewart wrote:
I have also heard success at using a PC DVD/CD-R in the old casing of the
failed drive. I could find the web info (http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/) if
anyone wants it.
Ryan, please check and post the link. As an owner of a 2nd LG Pismo drive
(now out of warranty),
Hi all
If the prismo use's the same drive's as the lombard,
look for smartdisk drives in firewire caseing's they are cheap on ebay
at the moment, and most of them are Teac branded drives inside.
These make very good swap in/out drives in the old caseing's as the
connector cards have the same
This is what I have for swapping drives:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/PB_G3/oem_combo_drives/build_guide/build_combo_dr
ive.html
Tom
Ryan, please check and post the link. As an owner of a 2nd LG Pismo drive
(now out of warranty), I'd like to have the info.
Jim Rohde
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on 11/17/02 3:25 AM, Thomas Ethen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was under the impression that you couldn't do that with the LG.
Tom
on 11/15/02 10:31 PM, Mark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for everyone's input. I have seen a Panasonic replacement on the
internet for 79.95 + s/h
What I suggest you do is send your machine in to Apple and pay the full
charge for laptop repair, which is $350. They will replace the drive and
check your hnges and a number of other things.
Is $350 the total cost, or is it $350 + parts? If the former, it
could be a bargain; if the latter, I'd
James Rohde writes:
You need the Matsushita UJDA-710. This is a Combo DVD/CDRW (there _no_
DVD-R). Slimline DVD-Rs have only appeared in the last week in Sony
Toshiba models. The ebay store that often sells the UJDA-710 is here:
http://www.ebaystores.com/id=10525630
The
I was under the impression that you couldn't do that with the LG.
Tom
on 11/15/02 10:31 PM, Mark at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for everyone's input. I have seen a Panasonic replacement on the
internet for 79.95 + s/h that slaps into the expansion bay carriage. Anyone
have this drive or
At the moment it seems the UJDA-710 drive is only available for purchase in
large quantities to resellers, I haven't found a single unit available
anywhere.
Joe Ellis
On 11/16/02 4:47 AM, Raymond Wiker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
James Rohde writes:
You need the Matsushita UJDA-710. This is a
)
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Precedence: list
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:19:21 -0500
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...
From: Joe Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I've got your site bookmarked, I'll have to wait a while to get some cash
together. The ones noted earlier in this thread sold for considerably less;
as much as $89 in one case. Glad to know they are still available though.
Joe Ellis
On 11/16/02 10:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: G-Books [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 10:57 AM
Subject: Pismo DVD/CD drive death...
The Pismo drive, particularly the LG version, is pretty notorious for
failing
early in life. We see many in for repairs, and
A while back there was a thread about replacement CD-DVD/CDRW drives
that
could be installed on the drive module that were very reasonably priced
Try MCE
http://store.powerbook1.com/mcexcarprome.html
and
VST (refurb only)
http://store.yahoo.com/smartdiskstore/refprod.html
-Dustin
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Thanks for everyone's input. I have seen a Panasonic replacement on the
internet for 79.95 + s/h that slaps into the expansion bay carriage. Anyone
have this drive or experience? It's a CD-ROM/DVD drive...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (G-Books)
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002
On 11/15/02 5:12 PM David Wedge put electrons to ether and said:
The Pismo drive, particularly the LG version, is pretty notorious for
failing
early in life. We see many in for repairs, and unfortunately, it is not
an
item which can be rebuilt.. The motor fails and the result is that the
head
Which a/v cables do I need to connect my Pismo and it's DVD player to my new
Sony TV?
The TV has S-Video connectors.
Thanks.
--Glenn
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On 7/30/02 5:57 PM, Kevin Stevens [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 01:16 , Glenn Wiggins wrote:
Which a/v cables do I need to connect my Pismo and it's DVD player to
my new
Sony TV?
The TV has S-Video connectors.
Thanks.
--Glenn
You need the little
on 7/16/02 6:19 PM, Michael Bryan Bell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately Jon you're kind of screwed- DVD's in OSX are a dream, but in
OS9 they leave a lot to be desired. I honestly (and I tried, believe me)
could never really get it to work using 9.0 and below (gave up and used my
on 7/16/02 7:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The majority of the dead drives are the LG (DRN8080B), which are pretty
worthless units, in general..
What's the number for the Matsushita drive?
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What you are describing, has been explained to me as a natural process of
DVDs. It was explained to me like this. DVDs can have multiple layers. At
some point, the laser has to switch layers. It is at this point that the
pause occurs. The fact that it's at the same place every time suggests
, could it be that the corpses are the result of attempts
to defeat the DVD region system? Several hacks are out there
F.
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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:19:15 EDT
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
Having
Furthermore, could it be that the corpses are the result of attempts
to defeat the DVD region system? Several hacks are out there
Doubtful- I've cracked just about every drive I've owned due to my gf being
from australia.
It's really pretty harmless if you get your update from a reliable
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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 11:19:15 EDT
Subject: Re: Pismo DVD drive problem
Having accumulated several dozen of these dead drives, I can vouch that it
is
NEITHER a connector problem nor a motherboard, software, or PRAM problem.
The
drive is the problem--they die
On 7/16/02 12:39 PM Frank Cornew edified us all by writing:
Given that a few different drive mechanisms were available in these
modules, do you know if the several dozen dead drives (sddd) are of
the same model? Apple system profiler should cough up the pertinent
info under the devices and
Having accumulated several dozen of these dead drives, I can vouch that it is
NEITHER a connector problem nor a motherboard, software, or PRAM problem. The
drive is the problem--they die, and they die regularly.
We've begun replacing these for the unlucky who are no longer covered by
Apple,
My DVD drive started giving me problems back in January (about two weeks
after the warranty ran out). It would give me problems reading disks,
usually either freezing the computer or simply not mounting it. It seemed to
be fixed by changing back to 9.1 for a while, but still reared its ugly head
I have a odd problem. My dvd drive on my Pismo will only mount DVD disks
and not any other CD's. Has anyone ever had a similar problem, or even
heard of it?
The Pismo CD/DVD drives have a bad rep, especially the LG model.
HOWEVER, the problem you mentioned can be caused be a corrupted
On 4/26/02 12:03 AM Laurent Daudelin edified us all by writing:
There were basically 2 different brands of drives used in the Pismo. The
defective one was an LG, IIRC. If you go in Apple System Profiler, in the
devices and volumes section, you should see whether LG or Matshita plus
driver model,
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