Mac Forum / General / Hardware / April 2006

This might be a bit of a noob question, but if an existing system has a
dvd-rom drive, it is possible to upgrade such system to a Superdrive? As
I understand it, this 'superdrive' is like the Pioneer 106, 110 models,
or you could use other brands/models if you patch the system ...

Will a movie burned on a dual layer DVD using iDVD be playable on most
DVD players?

I have just acquired some Harman Sound sticks for my new iMac Intel
Core Duo but even with everything turned up full you can only get
about a third to half the normal volume. Apple Help Desk have no
answers, does anyone else please?? I have also tried them on my old

I have a Canon i960 inkjet and an HP LaserJet 2420. Neither one has
built-in duplexing, so when I want to print back-to-back, I print all
the odd pages and then the even ones. The problem: Even though I
DEselect *collate* and "reverse* in the print dialog box, both printers

I use an older style Macally "icemouse" with my Powerbook G4 TiBook and
have been for quite some time without incident.
This morning when I booted up the mouse isn't working So I unplugged it
and plugged back in ... dead.

Are there any "identifier" type programs for the Mac which tell you the
brand name etc. of a blank CD-R or DVD-R?
There are lots of these for PCs, but I haven't come across anything for
Macs.

Excuse the cross-posts, but:
1.  My ISP only carries comp.sys.mac.systems of these groups
2.  There doesn't appear to be a newsgroup specific to iPod questions,
so I am shotgun-approaching this

Is there a way to enable a Panasonic/Matshita UJ-825 (Superdrive) in the
aluminium Powerbooks to *write* DVD-RAM?
The burner should be able to do that, according to
<http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters.php?DVDnameid=385&Search=Search&list=>.

I have an 80MB hard drive from an LCIII - SCSI Quantum Prodrive ELS.
I also do not have a mac with which I could check if it is recognised
on the Mac.
The problem is as follows:

I have been hearing about some kind of hardware called a RAID, but I don't
know what it is.  I assume it's a kind of server, but that's just a guess.
What is it, what's it used for, and how is it different from other types in
its class (whatever class of hardware that is)?

I have a 128MB PC100 sick of Ram that I want to put into my B&W G3/350.
It's from a PC, my G3 takes PC100.
Not sure if I use EDO or Non-EDO in the G3.
Is it okay to just put this in and see if it works?

The $50 settlement credits have been sent out. My first letter arrived
today.  Hopefully two more coming since I sent the support materials for
3 of my 4 ipods.

Does anyone out there have a new Intel Core Duo iMac?  I am trying to decide
whether to buy one now or wait six months or so (my 20" 1.25 GHz G4 iMac
running 10.4.5 with 768 MB of RAM now has a dead Firewire connector and has
been showing other signs of age recently; plus it's just ...

I'm running Mac OS X 10.4.5 on a PowerBook G4 and have QuickTime Pro 7.0.4
installed. On several recent occasions I've downloaded a video that displays
the QuickTime icon with "AVI" at the bottom. When I double-click on the icon
QuickTime opens and the sound can be heard but ...

whats up all,
im looking at upgrading my g5's (dual 1.8 ) memory.  Im wanting just
some general advice, so can u all tell me what memory you've all
used in your g5's, which brands worked fine, which brands were