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I WAS the One · Aug 1, 2003, 03:18 PM

I went to "the mac liquidators" web page and it was a great list of internal cd-rw drives at a great price, so I get one today, I install it very smoothly and everthing went great!, the Power Mac g4 recognize it right away and then I hit the eject key... guess what? the mirror doors are too small! and I dont want to cut my powermac g4 case! what can I do to fix this problem without cutting the Mac? do I have to cut the drive? I know that mac liquidators are inocent, its apple fault. but I dont want to damage the mac... help please!

geekwagon · Aug 1, 2003, 04:06 PM

Most drives have a little extra plastic cover over their tray. Did you remove that from the drive before you installed it? I had to do that when I installed my store-bought Pioneer DVD-R to make it fit through the slot.

It is designed to come off, usually it just snaps on.

G-mac · Aug 1, 2003, 04:09 PM

Sorry to hear that! Performing sugery on a G4 would be painful to watch. Is there a way to remove the doors? I've seen pics of G4s with the mirror doors removed for internal drives. I never knew why, but I guess they had the same problem you have. Perhaps there's a way to pop off the doors and reattach them later?

Good luck figuring it out!

DBvader · Aug 1, 2003, 04:29 PM

i installed one 2 days ago, most burners front panel just slide off. i got a 52X24X52 for 15 dollars!

Link · Aug 1, 2003, 04:53 PM

Yeah slip the tray cover off.. that should do it. If not, grab a set of wire cutters?

bstone · Aug 1, 2003, 06:48 PM

Originally posted by DBvader:
i installed one 2 days ago, most burners front panel just slide off. i got a 52X24X52 for 15 dollars!

Are you entirely certain it was $15? I went to the web site and it said nothing of burners that low in price.

DBvader · Aug 1, 2003, 07:03 PM

you went to what website?

it was from best buy, 15 dollars after MIR.

it was a verbatim drive, and it worked perfectly as soon as i popped it in, none of the fuss that some of the guys on xlr8yourmac.com go through. i think its 30 now that the MIR is done.

look around, 2 weeks ago office max had a 48 X for free after MIR, and i have seen 52X for as low as 9.99

Arkham_c · Aug 1, 2003, 07:38 PM

Office Max always has deals like that. Just watch the Sunday flyer.

I WAS the One · Aug 2, 2003, 01:23 PM

"Most drives have a little extra plastic cover over their tray. Did you remove that from the drive before you installed it? I had to do that when I installed my store-bought Pioneer DVD-R to make it fit through the slot.

It is designed to come off, usually it just snaps on"

THANXS!!! its true! it came off!!!
wow! I almost damage my g4!!

Thanxs a lot guys!!!!

G-mac · Aug 2, 2003, 02:20 PM

I recently saw a Best Buy ad for a 52x CDRW for $9.99 after rebate!!! Yikes of a deal.

bbt · Aug 2, 2003, 08:40 PM

wow remember when they use to be able to charge an arm and a leg just for drives that were "mac compatible"

haha

awcopus · Aug 2, 2003, 11:37 PM

Anyone know if the Samsung optical drive Mac Warehouse is advertising as Mac compatible actually IS Mac compatible?

http://www2.warehouse.com/product.as...p;BCID=5600077

Seems like a kickass drive with that 8MB cache and those recording speeds. Just can't get a straight answer from Macwarehouse sales people about its being mac compatible. Even though their site says it is, they seem unsure at the point of sale.

Angus_D · Aug 3, 2003, 09:46 AM

Originally posted by bbt:
wow remember when they use to be able to charge an arm and a leg just for drives that were "mac compatible"

I remember paying close to �300 for my LaCie 8x4x SCSI cd writer.