uhm, guys and gals... OEM usually stands for Original Equipment Manufacturer... ;o) Jay Snoke > ---------- > From: John Pugh > Reply To: Power Macintosh G4 List > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 5:23 PM > To: Power Macintosh G4 List > Subject: Re: [G4] Fitting a Superdrive?? > > 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. >