best dvd burner for older mac pro

[jeeplj8]

I have an "early 2008" Mac Pro with a Pioneer DVR-127D that makes a pretty horrible noise and no longer read or write.

What is the best unit to replace it with?

 

[Anonymous Freak]

I have an "early 2008" Mac Pro with a Pioneer DVR-127D that makes a pretty horrible noise and no longer read or write.

What is the best unit to replace it with?

Pick a random DVD-R drive, it'll work.

For maximum compatibility, pick another Pioneer.

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Actually, that's not quite true. The 2008 (3,1) Mac pro Optical Drive interface is Ultra ATA/100 not SATA as in later Mac Pros. I don't think you can find a DVD with that interface today. You may need something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/PATA-SATA-Serial-Converter-Adapter/dp/B001MW926I

Also, my recent experiences with Pioneer Optical Drives have been very poor.

Lou

 

[crjackson2134]

Well you can get one here. I have one of their Blu-Ray drives but mine is the SATA model.

http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=DVDR22XDT-D&Category_Code=STORDVDRW&Product_Count=4

Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Lite--iHAP422-DVD±RW-Burner-LightScribe/dp/B002FJJGUO/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1413241106&sr=1-3&keywords=eide+dvd+burner

 

[jeeplj8]

^^^^Actually, that's not quite true. The 2008 (3,1) Mac pro Optical Drive interface is Ultra ATA/100 not SATA as in later Mac Pros. I don't think you can find a DVD with that interface today. You may need something like this:

http://www.amazon.com/PATA-SATA-Serial-Converter-Adapter/dp/B001MW926I

Also, my recent experiences with Pioneer Optical Drives have been very poor.

Lou

so would I be better off finding an ATA DVD burner (which is older tech) or going with a SATA converter?

Actually, now I am more confused...does this allow me to convert both optical bays to SATA...if so then could I place a HDD in one bay? Or conversely, could I add a SATA board and cabling in a PC slot to control an optical drive?

can you see the smoke coming from ears as my brain tries to spin to full speed?

 

[flowrider]

^^^^Well, it seems like Jackson has the perfect solution. I wasn't aware that ATA interface Drives were still available.

Lou

 

[DeltaMac]

I should mention that the early 2008 MacPro has unused SATA ports on the logic board. It's not a difficult task to change out the ATA optical drive to an SATA model. No ATA to SATA converter needed.

 

[jeeplj8]

I should mention that the early 2008 MacPro has unused SATA ports on the logic board. It's not a difficult task to change out the ATA optical drive to an SATA model. No ATA to SATA converter needed.

that sounds like a great solution. what all would I need?

It seams it is hard to find all that many tech articles on these older machines these days.