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2nd Optical Drive Bay on New PowerMac
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no.Originally posted by fourthtunz
Hey isn't 16x, times 150k? So its actually a little under 3 mb's isn't it? I started back in the old dayswith a 2x burner and I thought that what the times thing was about.
Daniel
16x CDs are 16x150kb/s
1x DVD is an 8x CD = 1200kb/s
and a 16x DVD is... well, you can do the math.
Originally posted by Sepulchre
Anyone notice that the option to add a second optical drive on apple's site will cost you £200, but you can find a DVD/ CDRW (LG 4120B) drive thats fully compatible for around £70?
Seems a bit steep to me
Do you know anywhere online where I can buy the LG 4120B. I've heard about it but can't find it anywhere. At least anywhere that has it in stock.
iN8
Yeah, I missed that you were talking about DVDs
I do wonder why the rate would be that high though being that dv is about 3.2mb's per sec? Hey I don't get my new Mac with the DVD burner till Monday so I got lots of unanswered questions!
Thanks
Daniel
I do wonder why the rate would be that high though being that dv is about 3.2mb's per sec? Hey I don't get my new Mac with the DVD burner till Monday so I got lots of unanswered questions!
Thanks
Daniel
well someone around here has a dual 867...but wouldn't it just make sense if it was SHIFT+EJECT to open the secondary drive?
Question solved
Hit option eject. There is a knowledgebase article about this. Sheesh To quote from article 25345:
* In the Finder, Choose View > Customize Toolbar. In the window that appears, drag the Eject button to the toolbar, then click Done. Select the disc you want to eject in the Finder window, then click the Eject button in the toolbar.
* Press the Eject key on the Apple Pro Keyboard.
* To open the second optical drive on a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) computer, press Option-Eject on the Apple Pro Keyboard.
* If you have a keyboard without an eject key, press F12 (under Mac OS X 10.1 and later). Note: You must press the F12 key longer to prevent the tray from accidentally opening.
* Click the eject button in iTunes (illustrated in Figure 1).
* Hold down the mouse button when you hear the startup sound as the computer restarts.
* Start up from Mac OS 9.2 and follow the options in the section above.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article....Value=100&showSurvey=true&sessionID=anonymous|146437356
Hit option eject. There is a knowledgebase article about this. Sheesh
To quote from article 25345:* In the Finder, Choose View > Customize Toolbar. In the window that appears, drag the Eject button to the toolbar, then click Done. Select the disc you want to eject in the Finder window, then click the Eject button in the toolbar.
* Press the Eject key on the Apple Pro Keyboard.
* To open the second optical drive on a Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Doors) computer, press Option-Eject on the Apple Pro Keyboard.
* If you have a keyboard without an eject key, press F12 (under Mac OS X 10.1 and later). Note: You must press the F12 key longer to prevent the tray from accidentally opening.
* Click the eject button in iTunes (illustrated in Figure 1).
* Hold down the mouse button when you hear the startup sound as the computer restarts.
* Start up from Mac OS 9.2 and follow the options in the section above.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article....Value=100&showSurvey=true&sessionID=anonymous|146437356
Originally posted by fourthtunz
Hey isn't 16x, times 150k? So its actually a little under 3 mb's isn't it? I started back in the old days
Daniel
Your right about CD drives but DVD drives work differently. They read/write much more per multiplication factor.
Okay, so any internal ide drive can go in there? I wanted to get a good ide burner of at least 40X with burnproof. I also wanted a drive that would go well inside my new dual 1Ghz and not look weird or anything.
Is any IDE drive as compatible w/ this tower as the next?
Is any IDE drive as compatible w/ this tower as the next?
I recommend the New Yamaha CRW-F1 44/24/44 w/T@2 Text+Graphics Burning Power
http://www.yamahamultimedia.com Click on each puzzle piece to read 8 press releases about it.
http://www.yamaha.com/yec/multimedia/customer/features/feat_prodsCRWF1_1.html
Pictures and feature blurbs highlight the best features.
Overlooks that it can write to higher capacity 800 and 850 MB CDRs for the first time. It's in one of the press releases.
Above are the 2 links to read all about it. Toast 5.2 http://www.roxio.com shipping by mid-September will support. Current price $159 at http://www.pricewatch.com
The Toast 5.2 lite will be in the external 1394/USB2 version shipping in September box. But you can buy the IDE model right now.
BTW FYI
OPTION + Eject or F12 (OS X Eject Key) is the key combo to eject the lower optical drawer.
http://www.yamahamultimedia.com Click on each puzzle piece to read 8 press releases about it.
http://www.yamaha.com/yec/multimedia/customer/features/feat_prodsCRWF1_1.html
Pictures and feature blurbs highlight the best features.
Overlooks that it can write to higher capacity 800 and 850 MB CDRs for the first time. It's in one of the press releases.
Above are the 2 links to read all about it. Toast 5.2 http://www.roxio.com shipping by mid-September will support. Current price $159 at http://www.pricewatch.com
The Toast 5.2 lite will be in the external 1394/USB2 version shipping in September box. But you can buy the IDE model right now.
BTW FYI
OPTION + Eject or F12 (OS X Eject Key) is the key combo to eject the lower optical drawer.
I own a Dual 867 and yes the Eject button controls the top drive and Option-Eject controls the bottom drive.
Any IDE drive will do in the second bay. I have a "Windows only" 24x TDK VeloCD in my second bay and it works great with Toast. All drives are the same shape, just be sure that you take the decorative front panel off the drive before installing it. I didn't do this and after I installed it the door wouldn't open because it was hitting the edges inside the Power Mac : ). I then had to take it back out, remove the panel, and reinstall the drive which took about 5 minutes.
I'm not sure about how many IDE ports there are inside there. Nicely enough Apple has prewired all 4 hard drive slots and both optical slots with power and connection cables. There's also an IDE port on the mobo with nothing plugged into it, so maybe there are 4 separate buses? One for the Optical drives, one for the vertically mounted hard drives, one for the horizontally mounted hard drives, and an open one. I guess the open one is because in the manual it suggests for maximum optical drive performance you have a Master drive installed on the ATA 100 and the other one the Master on the ATA 66 port which comes unused. I'm thinking of installing another couple burners inside there, maybe 4 48X burners will have me cranking out a lot of CDs if I just carve some more drive bays in front of the computer's case : ). This is addition to the .48 TB of hard drives I could install, wow.
Anyway just be sure that you look at the Toast compatibility list before going to the store. Almost any drive will work. One suggestion is to not go so cheap that it doesn't have burn proof technology. I have both my drives with burn proof so I burn CDs simultaneously in the 16x burn Combo drive and the 24x burner I installed and have no problems.
Any IDE drive will do in the second bay. I have a "Windows only" 24x TDK VeloCD in my second bay and it works great with Toast. All drives are the same shape, just be sure that you take the decorative front panel off the drive before installing it. I didn't do this and after I installed it the door wouldn't open because it was hitting the edges inside the Power Mac : ). I then had to take it back out, remove the panel, and reinstall the drive which took about 5 minutes.
I'm not sure about how many IDE ports there are inside there. Nicely enough Apple has prewired all 4 hard drive slots and both optical slots with power and connection cables. There's also an IDE port on the mobo with nothing plugged into it, so maybe there are 4 separate buses? One for the Optical drives, one for the vertically mounted hard drives, one for the horizontally mounted hard drives, and an open one. I guess the open one is because in the manual it suggests for maximum optical drive performance you have a Master drive installed on the ATA 100 and the other one the Master on the ATA 66 port which comes unused. I'm thinking of installing another couple burners inside there, maybe 4 48X burners will have me cranking out a lot of CDs if I just carve some more drive bays in front of the computer's case : ). This is addition to the .48 TB of hard drives I could install, wow.
Anyway just be sure that you look at the Toast compatibility list before going to the store. Almost any drive will work. One suggestion is to not go so cheap that it doesn't have burn proof technology. I have both my drives with burn proof so I burn CDs simultaneously in the 16x burn Combo drive and the 24x burner I installed and have no problems.