A DVD upgrade to non-EIDE PCI PowerMacs (7500, 7600, 8500, 8600, 9500, 9600, etcetera) is feasible.
A 7300/200 was G3'd with an XLR8 ZIF carrier and a 333 MHz G3 pulled from a Beige G3 Server. The G3 was overclocked to 350 MHz. A faster CPU, say 500 MHz, would obviously be better, but there were no hangs in the operations of the various Apple DVD Player controls at 350 MHz. (Hangs were occasionally observed when using the 7300's original 604e 200 MHz CPU). A FLASHed Radeon 7000 was installed. Apple DVD Player 2.7, patched as required, was installed, as was the required ATI software. An EIDE DVD drive, Matsushita SR-8583 was installed. This drive had been previously FLASHed to be RPC-1, using Firmware X54A. The DVD drive was connected through an UltraTek 66 controller with its original, pre-OS X firmware. Intech CD/DVD SpeedTools 6.0 was installed, allowing the EIDE DVD drive to be simulated as a SCSI DVD drive. CD/DVD SpeedTools acquired the audio through the simulated SCSI channel, so it was not necessary to connect the mobo's audio cable to the DVD drive. MacOS 9.1 was the OS. The above-described composite machine would successfully play Region 1 (North America) and Region 2 (Europe) DVDs. In the case of Region 2 DVDs, the PAL DVDs played as well as the NTSC (Region 1) DVDs. (I tried a Pioneer DVR-105 CD/DVD ROM-R-R/W drive, but I didn't have much luck with this device). -- 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
