Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

[Valter Prahlad]

Il giorno 12/09/17 16:01, "William Tomcanin" ha scritto:

> Overall, I'm pleased with the replacement.  I don't know if it's worth it
> to try and find an adapter that would restore the ability to burn discs.

That's up to you, but I wouldn't.
When my iMac's internal optical drive stopped working, I just bought an
external Asus drive on Amazon:



It's cheap and it's been working flawlessly. No problem with the USB 2.0
connection.
It's one more gadget on the desk, but it's tiny and I use it every now and
then, so an external unit suits me fine. YMMV :-)


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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement

[William Tomcanin]

Just a brief update...  I gave up on trying to get the the Pioneer optical
drive to work again -- I got it to work for about 1 day, then the same
problem.  I won't recognized discs (CDs or DVDs) that it played immediately
after cleaning the previous day.

The LG unit works well, although the ADDONICS IDE/SATA adapter that shipped
with it doesn't allow the unit to write CDs or DVDs.

Overall, I'm pleased with the replacement.  I don't know if it's worth it
to try and find an adapter that would restore the ability to burn discs.

On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 1:20 PM, James Cordano  wrote:

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>> Hello everyone,
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>> My 15-year old original Pioneer optical drive has failed completely.  I
>> removed it took it apart, cleaned it which brought it back to life for
>> about one day.  Today it refuses to read anything!
>>
>> Time to replace it and I am wondering what folks are using these days.
>>
>> I've been to the OWC site and see some options for newer drives, but they
>> only function as CD/DVD-rom when connected internally with appropriate
>> adapters.  I can live with that, but would appreciate any recommendations
>> from the group.
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Bill
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