Lacie and powermac G5

[bhagiratha]

I am trying to upgrade the superdrive in my powermac 2.5 G5 with a DL drive with lightscribe. Boy am I having a difficult time finding something that will work.

I came across a few, they are:
1. HP 640i DL w/lightscribe (q6766a)
2. HP DVD740VI
3. Lacie 300980 Internal drive.

I personally like the Lacie internal DL drive, but it says that the interface is IDE. If am not mistaken, I don't think the G5 uses an IDE interface.

Has anyone use or has any experience with this drive on a G5 system?

thank you.

 

[kwajo.com]

I am trying to upgrade the superdrive in my powermac 2.5 G5 with a DL drive with lightscribe. Boy am I having a difficult time finding something that will work.

I came across a few, they are:
1. HP 640i DL w/lightscribe (q6766a)
2. HP DVD740VI
3. Lacie 300980 Internal drive.

I personally like the Lacie internal DL drive, but it says that the interface is IDE. If am not mistaken, I don't think the G5 uses an IDE interface.

Has anyone use or has any experience with this drive on a G5 system?

thank you.

the G5's optical drive is IDE, I replaced my combo drive with a superdrive from another machine and it worked fine. can't comment on the lightscribe drive though sorry. maybe try xlr8yourmac.com though

 

[bhagiratha]

Thanks for the response. but when I check in the system profiler for my current configuration is get this:

ATA Bus:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D:

Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D
Revision: A707
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal

Don't the IDE have different pins than the ATAPI ... or am I just loosing my mind. (maybe am thinking of the cables for the hard drives.)

Please clarify .... regards

 

[homerjward]

Thanks for the response. but when I check in the system profiler for my current configuration is get this:

ATA Bus:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D:

Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-107D
Revision: A707
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal

Don't the IDE have different pins than the ATAPI ... or am I just loosing my mind. (maybe am thinking of the cables for the hard drives.)

Please clarify .... regards

ATAPI=IDE afaik
i have a benq DVD DD DW1625 (quite a mouthful ) that i've had no problems with and is fast, reliable, no coasters except by user error, etc. i don't do much lightscribe burning with it but when i do it looks great. i think you can get it at newegg, zipzoomfly, etc. and possibly in some shops. i think i paid ~$60 this summer. i got the oem version which comes with nero express for pc, but nothing for mac

 

[Sun Baked]

The PowerMac G5 has a ATA/100 bus for the optical drive.

Basically need to find out which ones work with OS X as internal drives.

http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso