optical drive

I recently picked up an iMac G3 333 and ever since when I’ve plugged it in I’ve gotten the “Sorry, a system error occurred”, which restarting did not solve. There was some talk of the hard drive being faulty when I picked it up, so I’m leaning towards getting a new one as a solution. What would...

Edit: My optical drive works? I think I was putting the disc in too high into the drive (facepalm) As many of you know, many early Intels refuse to boot Windows USB installers. This was verified on a Macbook 5,2. I went to Wallmart and bought the only USB DVD drive they still sell in current...

On a one-to-ten priority scale of importance, this one ranks just below a “1”. But since it happens every time, and since I was in the middle of doings things today when it happened, I suppose it wouldn’t hurt to ask. If you use 10.6.8 on a Mac which is designed to run 10.6.8 (as supported by...

I see a few of these used around for cheap. Hitachi Optical Drive 678-0579 GH41N Apple P/N 661-4809 for Mac Pro 4,1 will they work with a MP3,1? The OEM OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A are for *****. And I have not found a way to update the firmware, if that would even make a difference

would the OEM optical from a MP1,1 work in a MP3,1. The dual Optiarc AD7170A in the MP3,1 are very hit and miss to mount commercial DVD. or is there a driver or firmware issue? Or something that's a SATA retrofit that is from this century? And what SATA cable would be needed if so.?

Recently i’ve decided to start collecting laptops alongside desktops and I bought a pretty decent iBook G4 1ghz. It was listed as freezing at boot so I figured it would just be a dead hard drive and easy fix. Basically I got the computer and after taking it apart the cause of the faulty boot was...

Hello everybody, I was wondering what my best option would be to have a 5.25” slot for a Blu-Ray drive and a bay for a 3.5” HDD in a 19” rack format to connect directly to a Mac Pro. I would be open to building it myself based on a short server chassis, however I have been able to find one...

Hi, I'm currently trying to upgrade my 2012 MacBook Pro 13" (non-Retina) and change some of the internals. Last year, I upgraded my failing 750GB HDD that the laptop came with to a 500GB SSD. Now I'm looking to swap out the computer's internal optical drive for a second drive - a large-capacity...

I'm in the process of opening up a G4 for an SSD replacement. Never done this before. I started with the obvious iFixit article, and where it fell short, headed to Youtube. However, I seem to be stuck at the step where I need to remove the optical drive; I've opened the base and removed exactly...

I have a mid 2012 Macbook pro, a few years ago I replaced the hard drive with an SSD and replaced the optical drive with the original hard drive that was in the computer using the OWC data doubler. It all worked well but then last week I started having problems with the secondary drive, whenever...

For the 27-inch iMac I would like to be able to watch my Blu-ray discs on it and possibly burn the disc so I can include footage in my YouTube film reviews (that part is still up in the air for me since I don't know what kind of copyright infringements I could possibly get). Since the Apple USB...

Mid 2011 27" iMac OS 10.9.5 Disc stuck, have tried getting out, I do not want to open face yet. Looking to disable optical drive so it will not spin up. Making awful sounds, scaring my 13 month old (jk, it scares me). When I run in safe mode it disables but I am not sure where or which...

I've a MacBook Pro 15" Unibody (Mid 2010) and I recently opened it up to clean its insides from dust, and as I was removing the optical drive, I realized just how much space it takes up. I was wondering if there's anything I could do with it, besides installing a second hard drive, which is of...

Hey everyone, first time posting I have mid 2012 macbook pro with a 500 GB hdd, I need more space and I want to run the os on a ssd to make it faster and smoother. I have a 120 GB ssd and I want to install it in the place of the optical drive (so i will have both hdd and ssd inside the...

This is a strange problem and I have no idea as to what is causing it. So, I'm trying to install iWork '09 on my G5 through a DVD. But whenever I put the DVD in the drive, it ejects it a few seconds later. So I tried an iLife '09 DVD and the drive read it just fine. So I assumed that the iWork...

Hello, Longtime browser, first-time poster! I have an ancient 15" PowerBook G4 that I recently put up for sale on Craigslist along with a few other old Macs in order to clear space at the office and just get rid of old stuff. The buyers took them off of my hands, and then tried reinstalling an...

HI everyone Like the tittle says I need a little bit of help I have a macbook pro MD101e/a Intel core i5 4 ram and non retina display And it's getting slow with the new os x el capitán So I have been planning to change the optical drive (I have never used it) and the ram I need to replace...

Anyone know where to turn for decent RPC-1 firmware now that rpc1.org has shuttered?

Please read my entire post before answering, thanks! I would like to install a Sata III SSD in my OptiBay and I need to know if it is possible. If I understand correcly, the history of SATA and the 2011 MBP is as follows: 1. Early 2011 MBP comes out with SATA III hardware on the Main Bay and...