[G4] Fitting a Superdrive??

[Jim Reamer]

Hello,
    There has been a lot of talk on this topic in the MacDV list. 
Staples has had a Cendyne (Panasonic) 105 on sale with a rebate for 
some time. This is supposed to be the next SuperDrive type drive. The 
experts on that list recommend  that drive for your application. It 
should fit, according to that list discussion. You'll notice I'm taking 
no responsibility for this answer. I'm not one of the experts. However, 
the thread went on for weeks and this was the consensus. The letter 'A' 
equates to the number 1 in the A04 designation...A04 or A05 =104 or 
105. The final price was something like $170.

Good luck,
Jim



On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 02:46  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
>
>
> --- Jim and Micky Richter <richterboys at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>> Superdrive will work without a problem in a
>> Quicksilver.  You just have
>> to exchange the CDRW for a SuperDrive.  My
>> recommendation is to replace
>> it with an actual Superdrive (the 104 drive, not the
>> retail Pioneer AO4
>> drive) because the 104 Superdrive is shorter in
>> length and there is a
>> guaranteed retrofit.
>>
>> I now own a Dual-Mirror door 867Mhz G4, but prior to
>> this I had the
>> second generation 350Mhz AGP Sawtooth G4 (first
>> generation being the
>> PCI graphics 350).  Around 2 years ago, I removed
>> the stock DVD-rom
>> drive and replaced it with the new Pioneer AO3 DVD
>> burner.  It fit
>> without a problem, had plenty of space behind it to
>> release heat, and
>> Toast, iDVD, and DVD studio Pro all recognized it as
>> a valid Superdrive
>> (at that time model DVR-103).
>>
>> When I got my new G4, I decided I would just
>> exchange the stock CDRW in
>> the 867 for the Pioneer A03.  I found that this
>> wasn't an easy retrofit
>> because the Pioneer was a longer drive and seemed to
>> get to hot next to
>> the vertical hard drives.  I went ahead and got a
>> true Superdrive
>> (DVR-104) from Mac Pros   and put it in the 867.
>> The Mac drive was a
>> little thinner.  Not having a Quicksilver, I don't
>> know how cramped
>> things are in the box but it is something to
>> consider.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 08:12 AM, Hallam
>> Signs wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> This maybe a silly question or one that has been
>> answered before but
>>> is it
>>> possible to fit an internal superdrive into a
>> quicksilver 800mhz.
>>>
>>> The machine came with a CDRW. If it is possible is
>> it difficult to
>>> perform
>>> does it work with iDVD and does anyone know where
>> I can pick one up in
>>> the
>>> UK
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help
>>>
>>> Graeme
>>>
>>>
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