internal dvd burner for g4 powermac

bkendall · bkendall #1 (**permalink**)

01-03-2008, 04:49 PM

I am looking for an internal dvd burner. I have looked at the pioneer from mac warehouse but I saw on another forum that any dvd burner would work. This did not sound right to me so I wanted to ask the folks I trust.

bkendall · bkendall #2 (**permalink**)

01-04-2008, 09:30 AM

I actually looked on the bestbuy site this morning and found where someone had reviewed an internal pioneer drive and said that in their experience any of pioneer drive were compatible with a mac. So that is the second time that I have been steered towards the thought that any drive will work, is this true or are there things that make a drive compatible or incompatible?

bkendall · bkendall #3 (**permalink**)

01-10-2008, 12:07 PM

Does anyone have any insight at all on this issue?

louishen · louishen #4 (**permalink**)

01-10-2008, 12:58 PM

The pioneer drives are great and will work in a G4, works in mine, it was a 110D

Yes, some burners may not work, so go for the Pioneer drives

bryphotoguy · bryphotoguy #5 (**permalink**)

01-10-2008, 01:54 PM

I purchases a Pioneer 112D from Macsales.com for $30 or so. It works great. You will need to go to patchburn.de and download the file there to get the burner to work properly with iLife apps but only if you are using 10.4 or lower. Leopard doesn't need Patchburn.

bkendall · bkendall #6 (**permalink**)

01-11-2008, 04:26 PM

thanks so much fro the feedback that helps alot. I actually need the dvd drive that I can upgrade from panther.

bkendall · bkendall #7 (**permalink**)

01-14-2008, 01:43 PM

ok I picked up the pioneer internal drive over the weekend and I went to throw it in really quick so I could try it out and I am having a bit of trouble getting access to remove the old drive. it almost looks like I need to remove the power supply to enough room to get the old drive out. Does anyone have some tips that might make this a little easier?

I am using a power mac g4 quicksilver

harryb2448 · harryb2448 #8 (**permalink**)

01-14-2008, 04:01 PM

Installed a Pioneer 115D 20X superdrive in my G4. It is great and a DL burner top boot. Cost OEM here in Australia was about $30.00. Just remove old DVD/CD player/burner, slip it in and connect power and IDE cables and your machine will recognize it as native.

Struth those power fittings are tight!

Here is a link to a how to:-

http://xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/hival52x/install.html

And a link to Apple's install guide for a Quicksilver:-

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75314

bkendall #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2007 Location: Canton Ohio Posts: 8 Mac Specs: G4 powermac	01-03-2008, 04:49 PM I am looking for an internal dvd burner. I have looked at the pioneer from mac warehouse but I saw on another forum that any dvd burner would work. This did not sound right to me so I wanted to ask the folks I trust. Last edited by bkendall; 01-04-2008 at 09:27 AM.
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bryphotoguy #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Feb 02, 2007 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 3,978 Mac Specs: Quad 2.8GHz Mac Pro, Edge iPhone	01-10-2008, 01:54 PM I purchases a Pioneer 112D from Macsales.com for $30 or so. It works great. You will need to go to patchburn.de and download the file there to get the burner to work properly with iLife apps but only if you are using 10.4 or lower. Leopard doesn't need Patchburn. January 2008 Member of the Month
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harryb2448 #8 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 28, 2007 Location: Nambucca Heads Australia Posts: 14,100 Mac Specs: iMac i5 2.7GHz OS X.8.3	01-14-2008, 04:01 PM Installed a Pioneer 115D 20X superdrive in my G4. It is great and a DL burner top boot. Cost OEM here in Australia was about $30.00. Just remove old DVD/CD player/burner, slip it in and connect power and IDE cables and your machine will recognize it as native. Struth those power fittings are tight! Here is a link to a how to:- http://xlr8yourmac.com/G3-ZONE/hival52x/install.html And a link to Apple's install guide for a Quicksilver:- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75314 Last edited by harryb2448; 01-14-2008 at 04:08 PM.
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bkendall #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2007 Location: Canton Ohio Posts: 8 Mac Specs: G4 powermac	01-04-2008, 09:30 AM I actually looked on the bestbuy site this morning and found where someone had reviewed an internal pioneer drive and said that in their experience any of pioneer drive were compatible with a mac. So that is the second time that I have been steered towards the thought that any drive will work, is this true or are there things that make a drive compatible or incompatible?
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louishen #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 22, 2007 Location: London Posts: 8,657 Mac Specs: Mac Mini Core i7 2012 \| White 2009 MacBook 2 Ghz \| 733 Mhz G4 Quicksilver	01-10-2008, 12:58 PM The pioneer drives are great and will work in a G4, works in mine, it was a 110D Yes, some burners may not work, so go for the Pioneer drives
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bkendall #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2007 Location: Canton Ohio Posts: 8 Mac Specs: G4 powermac	01-11-2008, 04:26 PM thanks so much fro the feedback that helps alot. I actually need the dvd drive that I can upgrade from panther.
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bkendall #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 19, 2007 Location: Canton Ohio Posts: 8 Mac Specs: G4 powermac	01-14-2008, 01:43 PM ok I picked up the pioneer internal drive over the weekend and I went to throw it in really quick so I could try it out and I am having a bit of trouble getting access to remove the old drive. it almost looks like I need to remove the power supply to enough room to get the old drive out. Does anyone have some tips that might make this a little easier? I am using a power mac g4 quicksilver
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