On Sep 6, 2008, at 3:25 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
> Thanks for the responses everyone. What concerned me was this document > from Apple: > > http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/PMG5_OpticalDrive_DIY.pdf The pattern and size on the bottom is standardized. What is not standardized is how far inside a screw may project without interfering with the logic board and/or the mechanism and also certain details of the drawer face. On many "Apple Shipped" Pioneer drives, the bezel AND the face of the drawer is completely removed. Also, there is no "activity LED" at all. I have no experience with current Sony drives. I have heard that Pioneer was seeking to exit the market for OEM drives as there was no profit in it for them, and that current contracts for OEM drives was being fulfilled by another manufacturer. The same may be true of Sony. I have several drives which report themselves as Pioneer DVR-111s, yet if you try to FLASH their firmware with updated firmware, they report themselves as Sony, and refused to be FLASHed. With 10.5, nearly every drive being made is either "Apple Shipped", "Apple Supported", or is "Generic, with Apple generic support", so the differences in drives has indeed become vanishingly small. I now strongly favor the Lite-On 20X burners, but I have yet to install one of these in a gen-u-wine Mac. Quite a few in fake Macs, though. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
