Tip on G4 AGP CDRW replacement

[Richard Kriss]

One thing 'they' wll not tell you about is the mechanical interface issues
with some drives for the G4's in the gray case.  I have a G4-450 AGP and
went thru four CDRW (that all worked) until I found one that would not hang
up on the case door.

As I recall there were two issues. One the drives with more than one button
gave me problems and some of the treys would hang up on the case door.  I
finally got a Sony and it works great.  There are better drives on the
market now but make SURE you can get a full refund if it does not fit. Some
charge a 20% restocking fee.

On 2/1/04 7:21 AM, "Power Macintosh G4 List" <G4 at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
wrote:

> I am looking to buy a DVD/CD Burner for my Gigabyte G4/400.
> I am running OS 10.2.8.  The computer still has the original DVD
> drive that came with it, so I was looking at getting a external
> burner.
> Can some one clue me in to compatibility issues I could run
> in to?