internal drives?

jasonfjjasonfj
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
I want to replace my G4's internal CD with a CD-RW (or CD/DVD-R but they seem too expensive right now),and also install another large/fast hard drive to use for video.



What should I be looking for? Can I install any IDE drives?



[ 06-20-2002: Message edited by: jasonfj ]</p>

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 10
    dmgeistdmgeist Posts: 153member
    well, if indeed you have a g4 tower, not the powerbook g4, then yes any ide drive will work, even

    cdr's. The only things propriotory inside is the mobo and the processer.
  • Reply 2 of 10
    jasonfjjasonfj Posts: 567member
    it is a tower - so I can go down to Circuit City and get a drive off the shelf, even though it doesn't have MacOS on the box?
  • Reply 3 of 10
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    It should work. You just have to make sure it's bootable, otherwise you won't be able to start up your computer from a CD if you have to.
  • Reply 4 of 10
    jasonfjjasonfj Posts: 567member
    and, er, will it say that on the box?
  • Reply 5 of 10
    jesperasjesperas Posts: 524member
    Check <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/"; target="_blank">here</a> for compatibility reports, installation tips, and other goodies before purchasing your drive. It saved me a lot of headaches when I swapped my stock DVD with a CDRW/DVD combo. The reports should also say whether or not a particular drive is bootable.
  • Reply 6 of 10
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    Well..don't give up on superdrives! I just ordered me the same superdrive that comes in the current macs..the Pioneer DVR-104 and it's bootable! And the best deal yet..it's only $275!!



    Specs:

    CD Recordable/Re-Writable/DVD-Recordabe/DVD-Rewritable

    Pioneer DVR-104, E-IDE ATAPI interface.

    *Write speed

    CLV 1x and 2x at DVD-R

    CLV 1x at DVD-RW

    CLV 4x and 8x at CD-R

    CLV 4x at CD-RW

    *Read speed: 6x DVD-ROM, 24x CD-ROM

    *whitebox kit includes: Nero Burning ROM, audio cable, ATA cable, 1-year warranty



    Get it <a href="https://www.hypermicro.com/store/index.htm"; target="_blank">HERE</a>



    Mine will arrive tomorrow (Sat...yes, Sat delivery) so I can give more of a report then. And yes, it's recognizable by iDVD Studio Pro!
  • Reply 7 of 10
    jasonfjjasonfj Posts: 567member
    Sure, let em know how it works out!
  • Reply 8 of 10
    jasonfjjasonfj Posts: 567member
    Sure, let em know how it works out!
  • Reply 9 of 10
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    I have it installed (took all of 15 minutes to do thanks to <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/hival52x/install.html"; target="_blank">XLR8Yourmac</a>



    and it's recognized by the system profiler.



    I just ordered iDVD2 from Apple too!
  • Reply 10 of 10
    tooltool Posts: 242member
    and you can see installation pics here.



    So far it burns CD's just fine. Haven't tried DVD's yet..sometime this week I will.
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