[G4] G4 -External CD-RW's

[Steve Goldstein]

Scott,

I would chuck (get rid of) the USB drive.  Just write it off.  And, 
get an external Fire Wire drive, probably the Pioneer XX-105 (I 
forget the real letters for "XX").  You may also use it internally in 
place of the CD drive, and it should be recognized as a Super Drive 
(if your machine recognizes Super Drives).  I did just that (internal 
in my Quicksilver) and it works fine: burns CD's and DVD's.  Prices 
for the bare bones drive are about US$150 now, and you can get an 
external FW enclosure for about US$100.

--Steve

At 7:44 AM -0800 8/29/03, Scott wrote:
>Thinking it may be the media type, I have tried 3 brands of CD's, 
>none will work.
>Is my drive going bad? Is it something I can fix? Or do I need to replace it?