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Buck_Naked
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Mar 27, 2001, 08:56 PM
 
I want to replace the DVD drive in my old G4 with a CD-R/RW. Has anyone here attempted this?
I would think it should work with Toast.
     
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Mar 27, 2001, 08:57 PM
 
OOPS.... should of put this in the correct forum
     
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Mar 27, 2001, 11:11 PM
 
Yeah, probably this thread will be closed soon but in answer to your question...I put a Sony Expressa CRX160E/A1 in my G4 450 DP. The entire process took less than 5-minutes and I'd burned my first CD within 15-minutes. No drivers or software (outside of iTunes/Disk Burner) needed to burn music CDs. I recommend Toast for burning all else. Keep in mind OS X doesn't having burning capacity yet so you'll need at least 9.1 to do it unless you employ one of many hacks floating around.
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com has an excellent walk-through on this entire process.

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Mar 27, 2001, 11:16 PM
 
Not a problem. I'll move to the PowerMac forum.
     
   
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