>I recommend trying to clean your present drive or getting a new one >to replace it. If you want to burn DVDs, I've found my Samsung DVD >writer to be Mac-friendly. I had an LG that caused problems when the >option to put idle drives to sleep was on. I have a G4 1.25 dual using a - SONY DVD/CD ReWritable Drive DRX-83OUL-T. FW 800 cable off of a FW 800 PCI card. Totally plug and play. So easy, even a PC man could do it. :-) A 10 on a scale of 10 in my book. No conflicts. I Paid about $120 (delivered) 5 months ago and it came bundled with a 10-pak of DVD-R. I've only used CD's with it. Comes with mac software on CD. All drag and drop. I'm running OS 10.3.9. jonny