On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 07:04:51PM -0700, Ted Mann wrote: : : I have a 333 Mhz Lombard and when I recently upgraded : the CD-ROM drive to a DVD drive, I found that it : actually played DVD movies. Cool! Subsequently, I : noticed that in the Apple System Profiler, it states : that there is a DVD card present. : : My question is this: Is this DVD card a part of the : motherboard? Or is it a separate component hidden in : the bowels of my machine that could conceivably be : transferred to another Lombard?
It's part of the motherboard. The 400 MHz units and a few 333 MHz units have built-in DVD decoder hardware. Most 333 MHz units do not have the built-in DVD decoder hardware. -- Eugene Lee eugene at anime dot net -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
