[G4] Optical Drives

[Paul Moortgat]

You always can replace that drive by a new one.  Then you'll asked to  
fill in the region code again.  They're very cheap now.

Paul Moortgat

On 13 Aug 2006, at 04:11, Fabian Fang wrote:

> On Aug 12, 2006, at 6:18 PM, Ronald Steinke wrote:
>
>> On 11 August, 2006, at 4:51:24, probalecause at aol.com wrote:
>>
>>> My Sawtooth running OS 10.3.9 and has a DVD/CD drive fails to  
>>> play most DVDs. Any idea as to what may be the trouble?
>>
>> I agree with Harry Freeman. Commercial (and some home-made) DVDs  
>> are encoded with a region code and your Mac DVD reader/player is  
>> designed to allow you to view different region coded discs and  
>> change the default region code FIVE times and then you will have  
>> to select the default region setting for the reader to use for all  
>> future viewings.
>>
>> If your region setting has been defaulted to a region that your  
>> discs are not from, the discs will not be viewable until you  
>> perform a reset of the region code. This CAN be done, but I am not  
>> completely sure of the method and hesitate to advise you to do  
>> anything that could bollux up the machine further.
>>
>> Perhaps another list reader has that region change method knowledge?
>
> When in doubt, consult the Apple Support website:
>
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60183>