>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 06:54:20 +0800 >From: "Arnel S. Agawin" >Subject: CDRW Replacement for 7600 > >Hi Listers! > >The CDROM Drive (24X salvaged from another Mac to replace the >original 4X one) on my Powermac 7600/120 is showing signs of giving >up. It now can't recognize some CDs that it used to. It sort of just >hangs there forever with the cursor, although moveable, not being >able to click-effect anything that I eventually had to push that >button to pop that CD out. The ones that it does recognize though >takes ages for their contents show up on the window. I've decided to >replace it with a CDRW before it dies on me. > >After much scrounging among the 2nd hand shops (new SCSIs are >impractically expensive), I found a Sony CRX-140s SCSI internal CDRW >(8x4x32) yanked from a disused PC that the shop owner tried to >convince me would work on my 7600. Is this true? If it is, what do I >need to do with that "volume knob(?)" on the lower left hand of the >front?... and any adjustments to the SCSI connections? > >On further lookaround, I found a shop selling a brand-new IOMEGA >ZIP650 4x4x6x USB at about the same price as the used CDRW I >mentioned. I have 2 Port USB Card v1.1 installed and I was told this >is just as fast as I could go with my USB connection. >
With USB, 4X is about as fast as you can burn, according to Que! drives. That said, I'd still lean toward a slower external drive than a faster internal. The main reason (as someone else already has pointed out) is that you probably won't be able to boot from an internal CDRW drive like you can with an Apple-ROMed internal CD-ROM. Unless you plan on doing a great deal of CD burning, I feel the ability to boot from a CD outweighs the speed issue. If you do need the extra speed, perhaps aquirong an external Apple CD-ROM drive might work well for you. I've got a 4X (model 600e) CD-ROM drive that I keep around just for booting my 7300, should I ever need to. It's not hooked up to the machine unless I need it. >Can anyboby please guide me to make the best decision. I am leaning >towards buying the ZIP650 but the Sony CRX-140s' speed is not easy to >ignore. I would agree with you on buying the external drive. If you were able to find another internal CD-ROM drive, you could also easily make backups of CD's directly, instead of having to dump their contents onto the HD, and then back onto a blank CD. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
