Hey guys, I just finished watching a episode of "Michael Holigan's - Your New House." In this episode they showed how you could use fiber optics to light the perimeter of your poo…

Hey Smiz, i think your problem is you bought a low voltage LED. Basically a 1.5V LED. The usb power is 5V! this would explain why it was Very bright, then now intermittant. Next t…

I just solved a wierd 'bug' with my Swann USB mini mouse. Since yesterday, my mouse stopped moving up and down at around the same time of day. I'd installed the multimedia updater…

That is weird. Why don't you try some blinking lights or move near a traffic light.

I'm going to use a blue permanent marker on the inside of the case, around the area of the opto pickups. Hopefully, that should cure it for the 3 or 4 days a year we have bright su…

iPort uses the IrDA connector on 'old' iMacs to supply a serial port. I just noticed the IrDA port on my iMac Rev D motherboard, so I thought it would be possible to solder a conne…

Thats a good point, the builtin IRDA module on the iMac used the serial port, If it would be possible to find the components/chips used for the serial connecter, and then the chip …

I have a 350 Mhz G3/B&W with an internal DVD drive. I would much rather have an internal CD-RW drive. I would be willing to remove the DVD if necessary, but would rather have …

i was in the same boat as you a few months ago. my b/w g3 will not accomodate 2 cd drives without taking a hacksaw to the case, which i am loath to do (investigating other tower c…

I'm assuming that you're going to be installing Toast. Make sure you install the software first, then swap out the drives. TOAST CD READER has to be installed before you can read…

I've found Intech's CD/DVD Speed Tools to be mush more robust than Toast CD Reader... and it doesn't get in the way of toast either.

Has anyone tried one of the combo DVD-CD-RW's in their first gen B&W G3/350/DVD yet? Ricoh MP9060A Toshiba SD-R1002 4X/4X/24X CDRW and DVD ROM http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/dr…

You don't need to have the Toast Cd Reader installed or whatever, somewhere in the forums (sorry I can't be more specific - I'll have a look for this post) there is a post about ha…

The only problem with using the zip bay on the B/W G3, is that the metal casing is only big enough for a zip drive or a normal size hard disk. definitely not enough for a CD-RW uni…

I've used a Sony CRX-100E in place of the stock DVD-ROM in my B&W G3 and it worked wonderfully. But like many others, I wish there were another 5.25" drive bay available...

Is there any reason I can't just cut out the Zip housing, put in one big enough for my RW, and use it like that? Or is there something I'm overlooking? I'm pretty new to cutting up…

You would also have to cut out 2 1"square blocks of the actual case, and these two blocks are where the cd/zip bay is fixed. it is possible, just tricky. b.

however, i'm all intrigued now, so i'll give it a whirl as soon is i finish moving house from germany to england. i'll keep y'all posted. b.

It might be more practical to see if any of these combined DVD-Rom, CD-RW drives are available with Mac drivers yet, and just replace the DVD drive.

it might be more practical for you, but as i already have separate dvd + cdrw drives, and a low budget, this is much simpler. b.

Well,I've decided that as soon as my warranty has expired (not long now), I'll get out the old hacksaw, scrape off the inch of rust, and see if I can get that 8424 in where the zip…

You won't need a power supply. Once you get the CDRW out of its case, there's a standard power connector on the back. There should also be a power cord at that bay for the internal…

well, i did it. took about 15 minutes - the hardest part was sawing off the lip on the lower edge. been running stable for a few days now - dvd's play fine + cd's burn. just ne…

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