Ray wrote: > I bought a lite-on 48x24x48 (48246S) CD Burner under > the name Buslink at Best Buy for my son's PC; I > actually grabbed 2 of them since the price was so > good. I didn't realize that it was lite-on till I > hooked it up. I saw excellent reviews on this product. > I flashed it's firmware up to the latest version and > hooked it up to my beige G3 DT. > > I have to say it works great. It even boots on key of > "c". Toast 5.1.4 recognized it. It burns CD's quickly, > compared to my trusty yamaha 6x4x16.
Arent' they smokin' fast?? ;-) > It's hard tell if it's a lite-on, as there is nothing > in or on the box to tell you. It seems other > companies like Cendyne use it but you might not know > for sure from one to the next. The Cendyne 48x28x48 I > looked at at Office max gave higher requirements: > 300mhz pentium, as this Buslink said 266mhz pentium. The requirements are determined by the Nero software included with the thing. Cendyne's are indeed Lite ON mechanisms. > The only problem is that though it fits OK, you cannot > place anything on top of the Beige G3, as it pushes > down and prevents the tray from opening. My other 48x > CD rom lite-on did the same thing. I was able to keep > my zip drive on the left side. You would have to do > some filing down of the sled in the Computer to get it > to move down a little if you wanted to place your > monitor on top. Yeah, I ended up just removing the whole CD bezel for the time being, I should get in there and do the surgery. Are you using this with OSX? I've a persistent problem with mine (the 42-12-42 model, V.06 ROM) where I'll mount the blank disk in the Finder, and when I drag it to the burn icon, it will go off to an endlessly spinning beachball. I have to power down the computer to get back to the finder...It's not all the time, though... I'm thinking, now, that it's a problem with the drive, since I've put it in my G3 Mac on the onboard IDE controller. (I had though it was some problem with my Sonnet Trio controller whenI was using it in my 7600) -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
