on 04/3/24 11:59 PM, Franz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all, > > Bought from Ebay a new LG 4480B (48x24x48x + 16x DVD-ROM) CDRW/DVD. > > The drive is seen by the Apple System profiler as DVD-ROM CDRW. > > The drive is connected to the local IDE bus. > > It burns, it boots but it don't play DVD's. > > By start of the Apple DVD Player it tells me: > > Apple DVD Player cannot open because the required hardware was not found. > If you have another application open that uses sound or video, > quit that application and open Apple DVD Player again. > > Got already help from this site (thanks Simon) and the info in > http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ that others use this drive without any > problems, I found in "Accelerate your Mac" several B&W G3 users > very happy with this drive and everything works without installing > additional drivers. > > > Any ideas? > > Franz > Bangkok > > B&W upgrade G4/450 > 544MB RAM > Acard 133 ATA controller, dual
You never mentioned what kind of graphics card you are using i.e. ATI Rage 128, ATI Radeon, 3dfx Voodoo, etc. In order to play DVD's your graphics card needs to be able to decode the DVD signal. The ATI Radeons have this built-in, BUT the ATI Rage 128 that came standard with all B&W 's needs to have a daughter card installed on it for DVD capabilities. Check to see which card you are using and if you are using the original Rage 128 then check to see if it has the daughter card installed on it. The daughter card looks like a square circuit board that's about 1/2 the size of the graphics card. Check out ebay, I just saw 2 decoders for the Rage 128 still available. -- 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
