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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #2

I did exactly this on my G4. I removed the DVD drive and inserted a Ricoh MP-7040A CDRW into the bay, put it all together and closed it all up. Well...I booted the thing up and i…
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #3

I was thinking of replacing the CD-ROM drive in my B&W G3 with an internal IDE CD-RW. If I do so, will I still be able to boot up from the CD-RW drive like I am able to with th…
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #4

does this mean that you cannot have two drives in the G4s (meaning an internal DVD and an internal cdrw)? that would be kind of stupid wouldn't it? thanks
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #6

milocat - The reason you cannot have two drives is that there is no room on the front panel for another tray-loading drive. You could pull out the Zip disk (if you have one), bu…
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #7

The internals of the G3/G4 case only allow the mounting of a 3 1/2 inch device into the second bay, which is kinda annoying..... If you connect a CD-RW in place of your Cd-ROM or …
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #8

I know some of these things have already been said, but here's a summary: 1. It is definitely not possible to put a CDRW drive in an iMac, as I have not seen any internal drives w…
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #9

You most certainly can put an internal CDRW in the B&W G3 or G4. EZ Quest sells an internal ATAPI CDRW for the G3 or G4 called the BOA, I've done this to my B&W and it work…
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #10

You CAN put a cdrw into an iMac. It isn't a standard drive though. I don't remember the name of the company but the specs were 4/2/20 and it replaced the cd drive that comes in th…
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #11

Here's the link to get the PowerCDR internal cdr for an iMac. ( I was wrong about the rewritable part sorry) http://www.techworks.com/products/powercdr.html $299 [This message…
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #12

afe: reread carefully what I wrote. I said "It is impossible to have 2 CD-ROM/DVD/CDRW drives in a Blue G3/G4, as these devices require a half-height 5.25 inch drive bay, of which …
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #13

Tooki, I wrote this in reference to rlubbat's question about the internal CDRW in his G3. I should've stated such. AFE
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CDRW inside a G4 or iMac? — #14

There was a guy over on dealmac.com that put an internal CDRW drive in his G4; seems to me he kept the DVD drive too. He just took out the zip. His major problem was TEMPERATURE,…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #3

All the software you need is included with MacOS 8.6. I'd remove any and all extensions and/or control panels you have installed for this cable. Get the up to date LaserJet insta…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #4

I tried jcarr's suggestion with the Desktop Printer Utility, but the computer isn't recognizing the USB printer. Maybe that's not the best description ... in Desktop Printer Utili…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #5

Dear Tom! I�ve read about just the same problem with the Laserjet a couple of months ago. Now I found this VERY well hidden at the Belkin site "FAQs" (http://www.belkin.com/support…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #6

Well ... Groucho seems to have gotten me the closest so far. I disabled that extension, and the LaserJet 4 Plus printer does show up in the Chooser, under MacJet/USB. However, th…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #7

I have run into this problem and spent several days trying to figure it out. This is what I found. The only solution that worked with out modifying the printer was to purchase In…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #8

cnujeff speaks logics. As I mentioned in my previous mail I�ve met with this problem before and when I heard that a cable (!!!) could make compatible a Laserjet 4 with the Mac I wa…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #9

After waiting all day, there's been no response from the CAIDesign people. And I found out why. My dad send me this reply to an email he received regarding the whole situation: "…
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iBook and LaserJet 4 Plus — #10

Purchased Infowave PowerPrint USB to Parelell with my iBook. Tried printing to several different printers that were compatible with the software and nothing worked. Could not even …
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No dial — #2

Hi, I am an iMac tech for apple and have seen this quite a few times. Fax STF is a pain in my ass... The sure way to fix the problem is to disable to STF extensions and restart.…
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No dial — #3

Whatever happened to that great application, Apple Telecom? That program (and the patch that made it work with my PC card modem) was hands down the *best* fax software I have eve…
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