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Pismo and DVD-RW drives...
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: SoCal
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My Pismo has the DVD drive and I'd like to be able to burn CD's, and possibly DVD's. I was looking at getting a slot loading DVD-RW drive for my Toshiba Satellite and was wondering if it would work in the Powerbook too. I was looking at the Pioneer DVR-K06. Anybody know? I thought Apple's were supposed to be really picky, but so far it seems less picky than my Toshiba if that's even possible! I pulled my friend's combo drive from his Dell laptop and it works in the Powerbook(yet gives my Toshiba an IDE error).
Thanks!
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2.4GHz Macbook Pro running Leopard
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Join Date: May 1999
Location: Port Angeles, WA.
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Use an external burner with FW connection. You can get a faster one and cost less too. The Pismo drive bay limit your choice.
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It's "Brewed" not "Juiced"
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Oakland, CA
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I also own a Pismo and when the DVD drive died last year I was tempted to get an upgrade to fill the slot. I checked out several sites, including ifixit and OWC to price out parts was was less than impressed with the bang/buck. I ultimately went with an external firewire 400 combo drive and put a new battery in the slot. I am really happy with my choice. When I am on the road I have 8-12 hours of battery life. I should also note I have maxed out my ram and replaced the hard drive, to improve my battery life.
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Join Date: Jan 2004
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Get a TRAY drive (like the Pioneer DVR-K16), take the caddy out, undo the 2 top screws at the back and the 4 screws on the sides, slide the original DVD out, slide the K16 in, redo the screws.
If you don't mind losing the curves of the Pismo on that side, you're done. Get PatchBurn to enable burning from Disk Utility and from iTunes. Or just get Toast.
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My Mac is a Pismo G4/550: 1GB RAM, 40GB 5.4k, Airport, DVD-R, and still black, silent and curvaceous!
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Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Garden of Paradise Motel, Suite 3D
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Originally Posted by wubrew 
Use an external burner with FW connection. You can get a faster one and cost less too. The Pismo drive bay limit your choice.
That's probably your best choice, but Wegener Media sells (sold) a great slot drive. If you get the kit, you can just insert it in your drive carrier.
Wegener Media G3 Pismo Parts
I went round and round with replacing the DVD drive, and ended up pretty happy with the Wegener drive. Boots and everything.
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He can be fixed -- you can't.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: München, Deutschland
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Originally Posted by finboy
That's probably your best choice, but Wegener Media sells (sold) a great slot drive. If you get the kit, you can just insert it in your drive carrier.
Wegener Media G3 Pismo Parts
I went round and round with replacing the DVD drive, and ended up pretty happy with the Wegener drive. Boots and everything.
DON'T use Wegener media. I can only repeat that. They're only a bit above some pathetic pawn shop and in the end a fraud. 
Regards
PB.
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Aut Caesar aut nihil.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I bough a DVR-K05 from an ebay seller named "centrix-intl.com". I see they have a couple left.
It needs to be fitted into your old drive as the DVR-K16 tigas mentions. Again, you lose your curves, but it works great and the price was right ($77).
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