Thanks (again) Simon. Some more info: my Ruby is a Summer 2000 (400 MHz) version, with an ATI Rage 128Pk/128Pro card (8MB VRAM).
The defunct Tangerine (with DVD drive) has an ATI Rage 128K/128VR card (8MB VRAM). The only reason I would like to put a DVD in Ruby would be to play films for my kids. However, if I can't show films with Ruby's video card, then I'll skip swapping out Ruby's CD drive, and use Firewire Target Disk Mode for software/OSX installations etc. Cheers - peter On 19 Dec 2008, at 12:10, Simon Royal wrote: > Peter > > I cannot see why this shouldn't work. It is a pretty straight > forward procedure to swap optical drives. > > They are both slot drives. The Ruby according to MacTracker is an > iMac DV, which came with either a 24x CD or a 4x DVD. I had the > 500Mhz Snow version which came with a DVD drive and it worked fine > for playing DVDs. > > All of the iMacs in this range have the same graphics card. > > Simon > > On 19 Dec 2008, at 10:54, Peter Mc Court wrote: > >> Greetings all, >> >> I have a Ruby iMac (G3, 400MHz, 36GB HD, CD drive, 256MB RAM, >> OS9.2.1, Firmware 4.1.9, Airport card, model number M7706). >> >> Ruby has a 24XCDROM player. >> >> I also have a Tangerine iMac with a dead mobo, but with a >> functional slot loading 4XDVD drive. >> >> My question: can I swap Ruby's ATA CD drive with the Tangerine's >> ATA DVD? I'm concerned about Ruby's architecture - I cannot run >> Apple's DVD player on her as I get the message that the graphics >> card is not supported. And, I know that this is not a small job, >> so I'd like any input before I embark on major surgery. >> >> Cheers and TIA, >> >> Peter >> >> >> >> > > --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk > --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
