SuperDrive dying

Hello, WAMUGgers, The SuperDrive in my 1.42 Ghz dual processor Powermac G4 is dying - it won't spin up properly and makes strange noises. It is a Pioneer brand drive that came with the computer when I bought it 14 months ago. The computer is 2 months out of warranty (didn't take out

Re: SuperDrive dying

Hello, WAMUGgers, The SuperDrive in my 1.42 Ghz dual processor Powermac G4 is dying - it won't spin up properly and makes strange noises. It is a Pioneer brand drive that came with the computer when I bought it 14 months ago. The computer is 2 months out of warranty (didn't take

Re: SuperDrive dying

i bought myself a liteon LDW 451S DVD+/-RW for $99 recently it works fine in OSX for iDVD and toast. (osX: it doesnt support disk burner (itunes) but it does in os9) -geoff Hello, WAMUGgers, The SuperDrive in my 1.42 Ghz dual processor Powermac G4 is dying - it won't spin up properly

Re: SuperDrive dying

The LG one for around $160 (http://www.austin.net.au/shopping/components.asp?catid=88) may in fact do all those things I believe, as I think I read somewhere apple uses LGs in some models. I use an LG Combo which works fine under OSX/BWG3 and I intend to replace it with their DVD burner soon