[X4U] Replacement Optical drive for MacPro

[Paul Moortgat]

Is it so simple to mount a SATA in an IDE Mac Pro?  Just a cable?   
 From where on the motherboard?  Is it explained somewhere?
And Blu-ray will only work if one has Windows.

Paul Moortgat


On 23 Apr 2011, at 23:23, rafa espada wrote:

>> I replaced both of my factory original drives (died in the same  
>> week!) with
>> these.
>
> I put a BluRay unit:
>
> http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/optical-media/LG-internal-dvd-burner-BH10LS30.jsp
>
> but if the MacPro is prior to last version, the unit are IDE (and  
> not SATA) and you must put a cable from the mother plaque to the  
> bluray drive.
>
> rafa espada
> http://rafaespada.tel