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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / February 2005DVD burner question
I have a Sawtooth G4 (400 mHz), with the stock (IDE) DVD/CD player that came with it. Nowadays there's some pretty cheap internal DVD burners available. Can I just replace my DVD player with one of those dual layer + and - burners? Will my Toast 5.2.1 burn for me if I do? I'm running 10.2.8 and 9.2.2 (boot into 9.2.2 rather than use the "Classic Mode"), 448 megs of RAM, lots of hard drive space. I'm probably going to put another 256 RAM in this weekend. Thanks.  SignatureLooks like more of Texas to Me > I have a Sawtooth G4 (400 mHz), with the stock (IDE) DVD/CD player > that came with it. Nowadays there's some pretty cheap internal DVD [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > "Classic Mode"), 448 megs of RAM, lots of hard drive space. I'm > probably going to put another 256 RAM in this weekend. I added a Pioneer 108 OEM to my G4 MDD and Toast didn't blink (mind you, vers. 6, not sure about vers. 5), I had to use Patchburn to add a driver and be able to burn straight from the finder, disk utility, Dvd Studio Pro and other apps. This is the system profile output PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108: Manufacturer: PIONEER Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 Revision: 1.18 Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW Disc Burning: Vendor Supported Removable Media: Yes Detachable Drive: No Protocol: ATAPI Unit Number: 1 Socket Type: Internal SignatureMailman > I have a Sawtooth G4 (400 mHz), with the stock (IDE) DVD/CD player > that came with it. Nowadays there's some pretty cheap internal DVD > burners available. Can I just replace my DVD player with one of those > dual layer + and - burners? Will my Toast 5.2.1 burn for me if I do? You should be able to use just about any IDE drive. I would be surprised if you found one that Toast couldn't handle. Apple's applications (iTunes, Disk Utility and iDVD) may refuse to work with some burners. Especially iDVD version 4 and older - it doesn't like non-Apple drives. If this is a problem, you can do a search for a program called "patchburn". This utility tweaks MacOS to make the Apple apps compatible with third-party burners. It won't make an incompatible drive compatible, but it will make the apps believe it is. Since most modern drives are compatible, it works. If you have a question about a specific brand/model, you may be able to find someone here who has first-hand experience with it and could give a more concrete answer. -- David > I have a Sawtooth G4 (400 mHz), with the stock (IDE) DVD/CD player > that came with it. Nowadays there's some pretty cheap internal DVD [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Thanks. yeah, the dual layer burners will work fine with toast on your machine. I recommend a pioneer, as I've had no problems with mine and they are quite cheap now. OSX thinks they are superdrives, so they are compatible with everything. cheers, jeebus :yeah, the dual layer burners will work fine with toast on your machine. :I recommend a pioneer, as I've had no problems with mine and they are :quite cheap now. OSX thinks they are superdrives, so they are :compatible with everything. :cheers, :jeebus Thanks! And thanks to David C. and Mailman, both of whom offered some good advice. Now I just have to do it. Convincing the Wife that taking the CD player out of the Mac is A Good Thing will be the difficult part. "Are you sure you know what you're doing?" "Well, no, not really ..." SignatureLooks like more of Texas to Me The answer in this case must always begin with, "Of course, honey!" > Thanks! And thanks to David C. and Mailman, both of whom offered some > good advice. > Now I just have to do it. Convincing the Wife that taking the CD > player out of the Mac is A Good Thing will be the difficult part. "Are > you sure you know what you're doing?" "Well, no, not really ..." |
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