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Can I put *ANY* DVD burner in a G5 PowerMac

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Cattywampus_

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Apr 19, 2006
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Hey,

My G5 power mac has a standard CD burner in it that came with it when I got it - its given up the ghost. So I am going to replace it with a DVD Burner. Would I be right in thinking I can throw any DVD Burner in there? If i get the latest Pioneer Tray loading burner, that would slot right in there no problems right?

Quick answer needed as need to order this soon as :)

Cheers!
 
FFTT

FFTT

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Apr 17, 2004
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NO, you have to make sure that your replacement drive is fully bootable.

Generally all Pioneer drives do quite well, but you should check the
drive compatabilty database at xlr8yourmac.com just to be sure.
 
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Cattywampus_

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Apr 19, 2006
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I don't want an external drive, I want to replace the internal borked one.

That website is not loading at the moment - can nobody give me some Drives that will defo work so that I can order it?

Its actually my collegues mac at work - I need to tell the tech guy what to order exactly or he'll order the wrong drive.
 
MacBoobsPro

MacBoobsPro

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Jan 10, 2006
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stuppy said:
I don't want an external drive, I want to replace the internal borked one.

That website is not loading at the moment - can nobody give me some Drives that will defo work so that I can order it?

Its actually my collegues mac at work - I need to tell the tech guy what to order exactly or he'll order the wrong drive.
Click to expand...

I have a Pioneer 110D (i think) its a dual layer superdrive supported by OSX. I upgraded from a Pioneer 109 (i think) :D
 
speakerwizard

speakerwizard

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Aug 8, 2006
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'patchburn' helps to use a lot of burners, like a universal driver, pioneers are best for macs generally when upgrading, look here: xlr8yourmac.com, there good
 
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Greenjeens

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