Good point...I was just thinking 'bout Xlr8's utility to OC your cache and SP...which I guess could be altered after ROM loading...but then, there's that debate 'bout how ROM is lo…

Hi! I've just tried to overclock my G4-400 (AGP, non-GB) to 500 MHz. At first it seemed stable, but trying to run a filter in Photoshop on a 60MB image finally made the machine cr…

Just wondering: is there any way to make the Mac continue to play through the speakers even with something in the audio out-plug? Software or hardware, anything goes. (What I real…

Just a small info: LinuxPPC does that by default

OK, so it's a software issue? I'll move the question then.

I don't really have any helpful advice, but I am also interested in a solution to this problem. I would like to put some satellite speakers in my bedroom but still be able to liste…

Hello, I am curious. Is there any cd-rw or cd-r which can replace the atapi matshita cd-dvd-rom drive in an iMac slotloading machine. Or must I cut the Imac case? I also wouldn't…

Don't know about replacing the dvd drive, but there are people out there who just bought really long IDE/power extension cables and ran the ribbon out the side of their case (using…

This may not be helpful to you yet, but Toshiba has recently released a CDRW/DVD-ROM combo drive. Unfortunately, it's PC-only and not slot-loading. However, according to their we…

Hi, I knew of the existance of the cd-rw/dvd combo of toshiba. Appearantly Steve must have contacted toshiba to tell them about my idea I posted on the apple imac support pages, a…

Very impressive research! Gee, a slot-loading cdrw/dvd would be a great drive to put in all of Apple's desktop machines. I hope they do it.

thanks..... Now only hope and wait .. (but not to long)

Ok, so these Toshiba drives do in fact work on Macs? The thing is I can understand them working with the IDE/ATA interface on macs, its just the fact you'd need drivers to run the …

Go to http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drived....drivedb.lasso and check for yourself. People who are very content...!!!!!!

Today a guy called XVI released the following items For Macintosh : - RPC-1 firmware for Matshita SR-8585 1X29 (the one on the latest G4) - RPC-1 firmware for Matshita SR-8184 AX3…

It works on my iMac DV. This is awesome. That guy XVI deserves accolades aplenty.

Yes, it works perfectly!!!!

I too took the plunge (or risk) but too my great joy everything went fine and it seems that I too now have a RPC-1 (region free) drive. Three cheers for XVI.

What is the best way to spread the word about this very, very helpful DVD crack in the Mac community? I don't think that the major sites can report on it due to legal issues... An…

Well,... I installed the new firmware and now everytime I insert a DVD and it is being mounted in the Finder, my system freezes. :-( Though, CDs still run well. Anyone can help??

Peter Pan, in order to help you, more information would be helpful: MacOS 9.0.4?, DVD player 2.2?, previous region code? etc.

Those of you who have it working, are you using just the firmware hack or the "Codefree DVD Player" as well?

P....I have used just the firmware hack. I still get the message that I only have "X" number of changes left when I stick in a different region DVD but the number of changes stays …

the procedure AusRob described is exactly what I am using. It works flawlessly. No need for a code free DVD player software. Cheers!

I just updated my DVSe fimrware with this update. After the first restart it gave me a heart attack, since it wouldn't recognise anything in the DVD/CD drive at all. A restart lat…