[G4] DVD & CD writer for my sawtooth

[Steve Goldstein]

EASY!

I can tell you for sure that the Pioneer DVR-110 series will work just fine.  It is a one-for-one replacement of your existing optical drive.  I get mine from newegg.com.  Last time I looked, they were in the $40-$50 price range.  A great place to find repair/take-apart manuals for your Mac model is at: http://www.whoopis.com/computer_repair/.  Or from Apple: http://www.apple.com/support/manuals/. 

The one most helpful clue is that fitting the replacement drive into your Mac might go a lot easier if you remove the face plate (requires pressing two tabs, one on either side, as I recall, to release the face plate); this does not affect the operation of the drive, just makes it easier to fit into the Mac.

I have replaced mine twice (successive upgrades) in my Quicksilver 2002 G4.  I am running the DVR-110 right now, and it is recognized as a Superdrive. 

--Steve


At 3:41 PM -0600 2/15/06, TmB wrote:
>Any one change out the optical drive? I am thinking of doing it if i can find an afford superdrive. Right now i am using an external DVD writer that i burn cds and dvds on but its slow and does not work with itunes.
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>Is upgrading an optical drive difficult. I know many regular optical drives for PC are not bootable for macs but how can i tell?