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SuperDrive in a G3?
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pixelbend
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Oct 17, 2001, 12:07 PM
 
Hi listers,

I have a SuperDrive in a new G4 that we are using as a film RIP. Obviously, it doesn't need the SuperDrive capabilities, so I was wondering if it would be possible to swith the superdrive for the CD ROM drive in my B&W G3.

The have the same SCSI connection, so physically, it's possible, but will the other hardware and software recognize it and support it?
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Oct 17, 2001, 03:48 PM
 
man, that would take a looooong time to encode a DVD with a G3.....

go for it, let us know
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Oct 17, 2001, 05:30 PM
 
Well, I did it.

Went off without a hitch. Took about ten minutes for the whole switch. I just burned an audio CD in iTunes and it worked perfectly.

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Oct 17, 2001, 06:03 PM
 
Sounds pretty cool... now I wish Apple would allow you to just purchase an OEM superdrive, so I don't have to buy a 3rd pary one... and I have one that I know Apple will supply drivers for, and one that will be bootable.
     
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Oct 17, 2001, 08:14 PM
 
how bout a DVD though?

what is the G3 Speed and how lond does it take to encode/burn.....
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Oct 18, 2001, 11:39 AM
 
Well, I don't have iDVD on this machine and I probably won't install it. It would take forever to encode anyway.

I did try and burn a DVD data disk through disk burner in OS X 10.1. the disk says it is a 4.7 GB disk, but when it gets to 2.94 GB left, I cannot copy anymore information onto the disk.

Any ideas?
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Oct 22, 2001, 10:25 AM
 
Another update:

I tried to install OS X's DVD player on my machine (by copying it from an iBook with OS X 10.1 installed), and it told me that my "hardware configuration was not supported". Any way around this?

B&W G3 400
768 MB RAM
(1) 9 GB HD (1) 10 GB HD
Superdrive (CDRW-DVDR)
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Oct 22, 2001, 04:42 PM
 
Originally posted by pixelbend:
<STRONG>Hi listers,

I have a SuperDrive in a new G4 that we are using as a film RIP. Obviously, it doesn't need the SuperDrive capabilities, so I was wondering if it would be possible to swith the superdrive for the CD ROM drive in my B&W G3.

The have the same SCSI connection, so physically, it's possible, but will the other hardware and software recognize it and support it?</STRONG>
There is something wrong here. The superdrive can't have a SCSI connector because the new G4 motherboards don't have SCSI on them. The superdrive is most likely an IDE (ATA) device.

Also, the G3 will not have enough power to encode/record DVD-Rs.
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Oct 22, 2001, 05:02 PM
 
There is something wrong here. The superdrive can't have a SCSI connector because the new G4 motherboards don't have SCSI on them. The superdrive is most likely an IDE (ATA) device.

Also, the G3 will not have enough power to encode/record DVD-Rs.


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Yeah, it is internal IDE. And no, I have no intention of encoding any iDVD disks, but I would like to burn a DVD-R disk, just for a backup. Do data disks still have to be encoded? I figured it would be like a long CDR burn.
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Oct 23, 2001, 11:10 AM
 
Your most likely okay for using it to burn data DVD-Rs as that does not involve encoding. As well, it would allow you to burn CD-Rs and CD-RWs.
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