[DewD]

I would like to remove the obsolete Zip drive from my Sawtooth G4 /Tiger 4.7 and install a CD/DVD Superdrive in that bay as a second optical drive , keeping the DVD-RAM drive above it. Before I take a look-see inside, can someone with Sawtooth mod experience tell me if there are any mounting-hardware-software issues to be aware of ? (I'm not concerned about having a Bezel-less bay , cosmetically )

I see a real advantage to having two optical discs . The new drive would be the "burner" ; the existing drive a source drive. I have Toast 6 currently , and use an external laCie 32X CD FireWire burner, but really need to burn DVD's etc.

Thanks.

[SirCastor]

It's possible, and a few have done it, but it's not easy. You have to cut the chassis to get it to fit in there properly. It would probably be easier to move the machine to a new case that supported mulitple optical drivers.

[tooki]

Originally Posted by DewD

I would like to remove the obsolete Zip drive from my Sawtooth G4 /Tiger 4.7 and install a CD/DVD Superdrive in that bay as a second optical drive , keeping the DVD-RAM drive above it

The zip drive is in a 3.5" bay -- a 5.25" drive will simply not fit. You can massively modify the case to make it happen, but you'd be far better off just getting a FireWire drive. It'll be just as fast, and will still be bootable.

tooki