I found a Plextor PX-800A/T3 that looks pretty good. Does anyone have any
info that this is a bad choice? What interface does the G5 use for the
internal DVD drive? It's just a normal ATA, right?
Alternative drives could be:
1) Sony DRU-190 P-ATA
2) Sony DRU-190 S-ATA
Cheers,
Brian
On Wed, Sep
On Sep 17, 2008, at 8:26 PM, Clark Martin wrote:
No macs will keep time or dates well without a good battery, but this
shouldn't affect booting from DVD.
But if it's set to set the clock from a network site automatically you
might not notice that the date and time are off.
I repeat,
Hi again,
Just as I was going to install Leopard on my G5 single, it suddenly starts
rejecting all DVD's including - drum roll - my Leopard install DVD. My drive
is the one that came with the machine. System profiler reports that it is
a SONY DVD RW DW-U21A drive.
Does anyone have an idea as to
Hi again Bruce,
Just came back from getting a lens cleaner (CD with brushes). I ran it
according to instructions, but it didn't help. Sigh.
I have also googled this issue and there were some posts stating that it
could be a clock battery? Are there other symptoms I would see if it were
the
On Sep 17, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Brian Durant wrote:
Hi again Bruce,
Just came back from getting a lens cleaner (CD with brushes). I ran it
according to instructions, but it didn't help. Sigh.
I have also googled this issue and there were some posts stating that
it could be a clock
On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:38 AM, insightinmind wrote:
On Sep 17, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Brian Durant wrote:
Hi again Bruce,
Just came back from getting a lens cleaner (CD with brushes). I ran
it
according to instructions, but it didn't help. Sigh.
I have also googled this issue and there
On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:26 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
Does any DVD drive work these days or are there only certain drives
that are
supported?
OWC sells a bare 20x Pioneer DL DVD R/RW for $31
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powermac/
--
Bruce Johnson
University
Thanks,
I am in Denmark, so it would probably easier to go to a local Computer City
or a little PC shop.
Cheers,
Brian
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Bruce Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Sep 17, 2008, at 11:26 AM, Brian Durant wrote:
Does any DVD drive work these days or are
