PeterH wrote: > > On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:41 PM, Scott Stephens wrote: > >> I have a B&W 400 mz, I add a dvd rom I get userd (it workes) . >> But fast I put in a dell dvd player I get out of my old Dell >> (gx240) it wold not wolk in my mac but it works in the Dell. It was >> in it. So what dvd (rom or rw) do work in this mac? > > For a B&W Mac, you need either: > > 1) the daughter-card DVD decoder board on the factory-stock 66 MHz > (double-clocked) video card AND the factory stock DVD Player > application, OR > > 2) a Radeon 7000 video card (with its integral DVD decoder) either in > a standard 33 MHz PCI slot or the double-clocked video-only 66 Mhz > PCI slot AND a patched version of DVD Player 4.7.
Huh... I have a Radeon 7000 in one B&W G3 and it plays DVDs without any patch to the DVD player. It's running 10.4.11. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
