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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been searching far and wide for a way to open my ibook to replace the speaker which just blew... any docs available on the net?

http://caslis.com/ibook/ibdrive.html Lots of screws, but the speaker is available early on in the process... Good luck! drewman

Getting to the speaker isn't too bad, and as long as you are really carefull with the screws, as the metal is quite soft and they get cross threaded quite easily. If the speaker ju…

Has anyone here successfully installed a second internal IDE HD on a Rev. 1 Yosemite G3 (HD brackets side by side, not stacking). The Apple TIL says its not possible, but xlr8your…

I've got a 27 gig IDE HD slaved in the zip bay (slave to the DVD rom drive) and a 6gig (salvaged from my old G3 Beige) slaved to the main 6gig IDE in my BW, which is also Rev 1. I'…

You can also buy a cheap PCI ATA card and run both drives off of that, or leave the stock drive there and buy *two* new ones to run off the ATA card.

Don't put the hard drive in the zip bay...I've heard it's not designed to take that heat and can screw things up pretty bad.

On the Rev 1 B&W the computer will recognise both Master and Slave IDE hard drives, but support for both devices on the same bus wasn't all the way there. You can use each ch…

Quote: Originally posted by Sgt. Baxter: You can also buy a cheap PCI ATA card and run both drives off of that, or leave the stock drive there and buy *two* new ones to …

Quote: Originally posted by Doug Brown: Don't put the hard drive in the zip bay...I've heard it's not designed to take that heat and can screw things up pretty bad. …

Quote: Originally posted by AP@cultfiction.com: what happens cuz that's where I put a slave 26 gig ide..... the mounting bays at the bottom really suck.... I've be…

Machine: rev1 B&W G3 I've also got a 27BG IDE drive in the zip compartment and it's been fine for 5 months now, with the machine sometimes running for 48hrs at a time, never ha…

I'm modifying parts of an AIO G3 for an automotive application, and when I first opened the system I found that it has a special personality card with a connector that has signals…

Does anyone knows the way how and what to change on this board taken out from PM 9600/300 to use it in other computers, like PM 7600?