Thanks, Andrew. I'm definitely having several of those duh! moments --- all the searches I did for Firewire enclosures came up with enclosures for hard drives and because I was looking at 3.5" enclosures, none of the specs were mentioning the enclosures could be used for 5.25" DVD burners. Stupid, stupid, stupid. But now I'm wondering -- the only difference (all things considering) between an enclosure for a hard drive and an enclosure for a CD/DVD... is the faceplate?
Sov At 12:12 AM -0400 09-17-2005, Andrew Davis wrote: > The firewire enclosures are around, although they're a bit more > pricey than the USB 2.0 only ones. OWC does have them, check this > link about 3/4 of the way down the page: > > http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Page.cfm?Parent=1087&Title=&Template=1 > > I didn't see anything on FutureShop after a quick search, but > searching for "firewire 5.25 drive enclosure" on TigerDirect.ca > yielded about 5 results. This one looked like the best deal to me > ($54, both USB and FW): > > http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Page.cfm?Parent=1087&Title=&Template=1 > > best of luck, > AD > > > On 16-Sep-05, at 9:52 PM, Sovereignty wrote: > >> At 7:27 PM -0400 09-16-2005, David Morrison wrote: >> >>> Hey! >>> I'm probably late with this but,. the link below wil take you >>> (acording to a >>> colleague that used it with success) a page that has SW to help >>> one to burn >>> DVDs in external enclosures. >>> Idunno...he says it worked like a charm.good luck! >>> d >>> http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040701133707512 >>> >> >> Thanks, anything will help at this point. I've pretty much narrowed >> it down >> to whatever electronics are in the circuit board in the enclosure. >> Everything else has tested okay, firmware was updated and I was >> even up >> till dawn installing Tiger on a separate partition on the off- >> chance the >> latest OS might be able to let the burner do its thing via >> Firewire. But no >> such luck (and I lost an entire partition of files.... back up back >> up back >> up....) >> >> On the off-chance I can't get this thing working via Firewire (the >> USB 1.1 >> burn has become a 50/50 proposition) does anyone know where I can >> either >> buy the circuit board to install it myself (3 small screws) or buy the >> external enclosure to put the burner into? I've really hit a dead >> end on >> that -- all the usual places list enclosures for hard drives but >> none for >> CD/DVD. And while OWC offers the exact same Pioneer DVR-110D for >> Mac, they >> offer it built into a firewire enclosure and I can't find anything >> listed >> for purchasing any such enclosure itself. >> >> Thanks >> >> Sov >> -- >> What's the difference between Vietnam and Iraq? Bush knew how to >> get out of >> Vietnam. >> -- >> >> -- >> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> >> >> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.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/mac-canada% >> 40mail.maclaunch.com/> >> >> > > > -- > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.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/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/> -- What's the difference between Vietnam and Iraq? Bush knew how to get out of Vietnam. -- -- Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac Canada info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-can.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/mac-canada%40mail.maclaunch.com/>
