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sine -''-..- · Mar 22, 2003, 08:49 PM

bah. i got a dvd drive for my ibook, expecting it to ultimatize my totally chopped up blueberry baby.
the thing works, as far as reading dvds goes, but the ibook's door dosent fit so theres a big hole, plus it wont play dvds! it wont ******* play dvds! osx's dvd player dosent support the ragepro, and videolan skips! the best its good for is watching stills. and why is limp bizkit on my playlist! die!

anyone else botch a hack?

Jasoco · Mar 22, 2003, 09:01 PM

Not yet, but I'm working on it.

My 8100 Micro Hack (PowerMac 8100 in a IIci case) keeps shorting out unexpectedly. I'm afraid one of the sudden shorttages will blow something out. Gotta fiddle with it.

The only other Hack I did was the K'nexintosh 8100 which wasn't botched. But the IIci version I made before it was a complete disaster. (The case, I mean.)

Other than that, no.. no other botches.

sine -''-..- · Mar 23, 2003, 11:45 AM

if you short one out i have two 8100/80 boards you could have :]

Jasoco · Mar 23, 2003, 04:10 PM

But then I'd be going slower!

Actually, both those Hacks were the same 8100. And it's an 8100/100 that I bought off of the MacOSX.com administrator. It only shorts out when I lay the IIci case down normally. It's meant to actually sit on the site like a Tower (Think the Quadra 700) and when laying down the PSU seems to slide a bit once in a while and tap a circuit on the MoBo I guess and short it out. Thankfully it's a lower power part hitting the board and not part that hasn't been become lower voltage yet. Can you say "POOF!"

But I'll keep ya in mind. Thanks.

TomHMeredith · Mar 23, 2003, 06:39 PM

I managed to destroy my BlueTooth adaptor while trying to integrate it into my keyboard.

Doesn't quite compare to your DVD drive though....

Tom

x user · Mar 24, 2003, 02:15 AM

Hmm, a little research would've shown that the Rage Pro won't do software DVDs, oh well, live and learn

The closest I've come to botching a hack was when I tried to build my own case out of wood for a Duo 2300c/dock combination. (Out of spare parts)

It was just sitting in a trader joes bag until a while ago, I think I just threw it out.

blackgasmask · Mar 24, 2003, 01:56 PM

Originally posted by sine -''-..-:
bah. i got a dvd drive for my ibook, expecting it to ultimatize my totally chopped up blueberry baby.
the thing works, as far as reading dvds goes, but the ibook's door dosent fit so theres a big hole, plus it wont play dvds! it wont ******* play dvds! osx's dvd player dosent support the ragepro, and videolan skips! the best its good for is watching stills. and why is limp bizkit on my playlist! die!

anyone else botch a hack?

nice! you probably saved me from doing the same thing. the cd drive in my blueberry is dead and I was planning on replacing it with a dvd...Im thinking cd-rw now.

x user · Mar 24, 2003, 05:47 PM

CD-RW should work.

sine -''-..- · Mar 24, 2003, 11:31 PM

if my ibook was just a tad bit faster, it would probably work beautifully. i havent tried it in os 9 yet. it may work fine there, or in linux, havent tried linux either.

but its annoying! bah. stupid lack of drivers.

x user · Mar 25, 2003, 12:30 AM

Originally posted by sine -''-..-:
if my ibook was just a tad bit faster, it would probably work beautifully. i havent tried it in os 9 yet. it may work fine there, or in linux, havent tried linux either.

but its annoying! bah. stupid lack of drivers.

I don't think it's the speed of the processor, but the Rage Pro chipset, which prevents it from working. The Rage pro simply doesn't support DVD playback, thats why the Indigo iBooks (With the Rage128 Mob) would work fine.

Just look for a 366 or 466 MoBo somewhere and swap it in

blackgasmask · Mar 25, 2003, 11:43 AM

I was checking drive compatibility reports at xlr8yourmac.com trying to find a cdrw drive to buy and stumbled across this

Reviewer's Name: Jack Benner
Date Submitted: 9/12/2002
Drive Type: DVD-ROM
Drive Interface: IDE
Drive Brand: Matshita
Drive Model Number: 6X
Driver Used: Apple Standard
Mac Model: Apple iBook
Mac OS Version: OS X
Reader Comments: DVD-ROM was bootable in OS9 and OS X 10.2. This is a Blueberry 300 MHz iBook (bought at Sears on Day 1). Currently with 288 Mb RAM.
DVD was recognized and mounted discs in both 9 and X but DVD Player (2.7 and 3.11) would not play DVD. Applied all the available hacks which didn't help. Downloaded vlc from www.videolan.org and did a simple drag install. vlc works great in full-screen mode. Plays all the DVD's I tried -Toy Story , Wiz of OZ, 5th Element. Some jerky frames but hey it works. Got drive from wegenermedia.com

Mike Comments: As noted since the first version of the DVD 2.x and later players (OS 9 2.x and OS X 3.x) - they require a Rage128 or later graphics chip - your older ATI graphics chip isn't supported by any of the Apple DVD players.
For a previous article on non-apple OS X DVD players (Videolan and mplayer) - see the www.xlr8yourmac.com Misc/OS topics page.
(Posted May 2002 - Non-Apple OS X DVD Players)

looks like maybe dvd works on a blueberry.

hadocon · Mar 25, 2003, 10:30 PM

anyone else botch a hack? [/B]

Hey sine (remember me? we met in TO and I sold you the Newton... ). I have a botched hack story to tell.

I had an old Duo 2300 lying around that I was using as a NAS (network attached storage) device for backups of small important files, as it only had a ~700MB HD. I had the Duo located in a bookshelf and I thought that it would be cool if I could turn the Powerbook into a real book to match the others in my book case. So I took it apart and had it all set up to go into my hollowed out book. I settled the powerbook in its spot and booted it and removed the LCD display (via a small connector). I needed to check something out on the screen so I re-attached the LCD... backwards.... Pfzzzit! went the display and mobo.

here is the pic before it died.

sine -''-..- · Mar 25, 2003, 11:23 PM

aww. and you have the minidock and everything! sucky.

i turned my duo into the boxmac?. its an all in one mac, in a cardboard box. yeah.

so yea. the newton is in good hands. shes been serving me well. you're on my icq list but you never seem to answer. my number is 28389222. maybe you're client ignores unlisted contacts

sine -''-..- · Mar 25, 2003, 11:25 PM

looks like maybe dvd works on a blueberry. [/B]

it does work (with videolan client), but it drops frames. i will _not_ watch quality anime with dropped frames. *pouts*

Cobalt2003 · Mar 26, 2003, 12:19 PM

overclock it

buzzedtop · Mar 27, 2003, 07:29 PM

LOL!

I would think anime would be the *least* problematic thing to watch with dropped frames.

Originally posted by sine -''-..-:
it does work (with videolan client), but it drops frames. i will _not_ watch quality anime with dropped frames. *pouts*

x user · Mar 27, 2003, 11:18 PM

Depends on WHAT KIND of anime. He said QUALITY anime.

Jasoco · Mar 28, 2003, 11:35 AM

Originally posted by x user:
He said QUALITY anime.

You mean ther's such a thing? I KID! I KID! Last thing I need is Anime freaks coming after me.

sine -''-..- · Mar 28, 2003, 06:54 PM

Originally posted by Cobalt2003:
overclock it

it is.

x user · Mar 28, 2003, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by sine -''-..-:
it is.

Some more then?

I still say find a 466mhz mobo somewhere and swap that in (Even OC it to 533 or 500/100mhz if possible

)

blackgasmask · Mar 29, 2003, 10:20 PM

Originally posted by sine -''-..-:
it is.

whats it overclocked to? any issues?
btw, after reading of your experience and others on xle8yourmac I went with a sony crx700e cdrw for mine. put it in last night, only real work was modding the face plate onto the new drive.