[G4] Fitting a Superdrive??

[John Pugh]

As far as I am aware the designations A04 and DVR104 refer to the same
thing. One is an OEM (Other equipment manufacturer) designation where the
drive has someone else's brand name on it and the other is the Pioneer
designation. They are identical drives.

The same applies to the A05 or DVR105, which I just purchased. This is the
latest version of the Pioneer drive (does not require the firmware update),
If you buy the OEM version it is much cheaper (Mine was about $180 - new).
After I installed the A05 in my G4 I had no problems burning DVDs and
CDROMs.

I bought a discounted 'CenDyne' drive from Staples. It is a Pioneer A05
(Superdrive).

G4 500MHz X 2 (GB Ethernet)
768MB RAM
40GB + 80GB HD (Maxtor)

-----Original Message-----
From: Power Macintosh G4 List [mailto:G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com]On
Behalf Of Daniel Brieck
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:58 PM
To: Power Macintosh G4 List
Subject: Re: [G4] Fitting a Superdrive??


The A04 drive should still work as expected, just as the DVR-104 would,
right. Is there any reason why not to use the A04 drive that i am not
aware of?

Dan Brieck Jr.


On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 03:36  PM, michael Vogt wrote:

> I bought mine on ebay and I got the 105  and put in my G4 400 and
> works great
> On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:46 PM, ro shriver wrote:
>
>> Where would one actually FIND a dvr-104??  The only
>> one I can find is an A04, which I have recently bought
>> but not yet installed on my Quicksilver 867.  Short of
>> taking it in to a service center, I was unable to
>> locate a DVR-104 which I could buy and install myself.
>> Ro
>


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