Has anyone manually cleaned the laser lens on their DVD drive? I'm tempted at this point to remove the drive, take it apart and attempt to clean it manually until a replacement arrives.
I understand that the lenses on the original Pioneer 103 DVR drives must be immaculate in order for them to work properly. Bill On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 12:13 PM, void <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVE™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: [email protected] > Date:04/13/2015 11:59 AM (GMT-05:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Replacement for Quicksilver G4 Superdrive > > > > On Sunday, April 12, 2015 at 10:55:31 AM UTC-5, Bill wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> As the subject line implies, the Superdrive in my trusty Quicksilver will >> no longer read DVDs. CDs appear to read ok, although burning is becoming >> problematic (50-50 chance of success). >> >> Can anyone suggest a replacement? >> > > The difficulty is that PATA drives are no longer manufactured and the old > stock of half-height (normal optical drive sized) PATA optical drives ran > out a long time ago. > > SATA optical drives are still available. Newegg regularly has them for > less than $20, so, if there is room, you might install a SATA optical drive > with a PATA to SATA adapter (some of the adapters will work in both > directions). > > Another alternative is to get this slim PATA optical drive: > http://amzn.com/B001B7XYZO > > This or similar slimline PATA to normal PATA adapter: > http://r.ebay.com/Yy4C5d > > And you may need this slim-line optical drive to full-size optical drive > physical adapter: http://amzn.com/B007C1KPQY > > The drive is slot-load, so it may not work well if you G4 has doors that > need to be pushed open by a tray. > > Jeff Walther > > > I use an external firewire DVD drive with my Macs. It solved every > problem I ever had burning discs on Apple hardware. USB is cheaper but > sucks on PPC macs. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "G-Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "G-Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
