possible to buy a superdrive seperately?

[robins2001]

is it possible to buy a superdrive seperatley so i can fit it into a g4 tower?

or is it possible to flash a pioneer a03/4/5/6 with a mac firmware and install that?

thanks

 

[cpjakes]

You shouldn't need to flash the Pioneer drives, they should just work. I haven't done it myself, but it's a pretty common swap. I would go with the A06/106 because of the higher DVD write speeds, although the A05/105 is pretty cheap where it's in stock.

cpjakes

 

[DreaminDirector]

I actually did it in my dual 1.25 MDD G4. I put a Pioneer A05 in the open drive bay. It was recognized without any flashing of the firmware. A good place to check for information on this is http://www.xlr8yourmac.com

I got most of my info from the forums here and the info from there.

 

[buffsldr]

Yes

Yes it is possible. It is really quite simple. Remember, you don't want the pioneer dvr-a05, you want the dvr-105. THe difference is the software that comes with it. YOu pay more for the dvr-a05 (with software). The software is windows only. The 105 is resold by Cendyne as the DVR-105.

Install is a cynch. I found a good website (and forgot it). But I just googled for it and it walked me right through it. Post here if you need more info.

 

[DreaminDirector]

Oh yeah, buffsldr is right. It's the DVR-105 that I bought and installed.

 

[robins2001]

cheers lads, i actually currently own a 105 in my pentium machine, so i might just swap that over...

thanks

happy new year