Comments on: Project PowerMac: DVD-ROM doom and gloom http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/09/02/project-powermac-dvd-rom-doom-and-gloom/ MessagePad Jabberwocky Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:30:11 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Project PowerMac: how to install a DVD-ROM (the right way) « Newton Poetry http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/09/02/project-powermac-dvd-rom-doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Project PowerMac: how to install a DVD-ROM (the right way) « Newton Poetry Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:05:07 +0000 http://newtonpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=589#comment-386 [...] to install a DVD-ROM (the right way) Boy, do I feel like a goober. A commenter on my “DVD-ROM doom and gloom” post, Seele, pointed me to a how-to article on switching the optical drive in a blue and [...] [...] to install a DVD-ROM (the right way) Boy, do I feel like a goober. A commenter on my “DVD-ROM doom and gloom” post, Seele, pointed me to a how-to article on switching the optical drive in a blue and [...]

]]> By: davelawrence8 http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/09/02/project-powermac-dvd-rom-doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-391 davelawrence8 Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:10:33 +0000 http://newtonpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=589#comment-391 It cold be I just wasn't brave enough to pull the front off. But thanks to you, Seele, and Vince, I just might have to give it a try. Thanks! It cold be I just wasn’t brave enough to pull the front off. But thanks to you, Seele, and Vince, I just might have to give it a try. Thanks!

]]> By: Seele http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/09/02/project-powermac-dvd-rom-doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-390 Seele Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:46:13 +0000 http://newtonpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=589#comment-390 Very odd that; I thought it is obvious that the front drive carriage comes out from the front; perhaps I got used to it but it takes me less than one minute to take it out. This page refers to the Blue-and-White G4 but the graphite G4 would be identical in procedure: http://www.sterpin.net/uk/gravbbuk.htm Very odd that; I thought it is obvious that the front drive carriage comes out from the front; perhaps I got used to it but it takes me less than one minute to take it out.

This page refers to the Blue-and-White G4 but the graphite G4 would be identical in procedure:

http://www.sterpin.net/uk/gravbbuk.htm

]]> By: Solving the e-waste dilemma with One Used Mac Per Child. « Newton Poetry http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/09/02/project-powermac-dvd-rom-doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Solving the e-waste dilemma with One Used Mac Per Child. « Newton Poetry Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:02:55 +0000 http://newtonpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=589#comment-389 [...] I’m on the board for a local recycling non-profit, and twice a year we hold e-waste drives for the community. It’s where I get a lot of my second-hand project Macs. [...] [...] I’m on the board for a local recycling non-profit, and twice a year we hold e-waste drives for the community. It’s where I get a lot of my second-hand project Macs. [...]

]]> By: VInce LoGreco http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/09/02/project-powermac-dvd-rom-doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-387 VInce LoGreco Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:42:49 +0000 http://newtonpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=589#comment-387 At least I don't remember any screws, I will have to check out my machine when I get home to be certain. At least I don’t remember any screws, I will have to check out my machine when I get home to be certain.

]]> By: VInce LoGreco http://newtonpoetry.com/2008/09/02/project-powermac-dvd-rom-doom-and-gloom/comment-page-1/#comment-388 VInce LoGreco Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:42:02 +0000 http://newtonpoetry.wordpress.com/?p=589#comment-388 I must have gotten lucky with my G4 and G3 when I upgraded the CD drives to DVD-RW's. Mine after removing the wires and the plastic cover on the front of the machine, just pulled on out. I guess some machines must have been made slightly different in that regard. Either that or Yosemite and Sawtooth are made differently from Yikes. I must have gotten lucky with my G4 and G3 when I upgraded the CD drives to DVD-RW’s. Mine after removing the wires and the plastic cover on the front of the machine, just pulled on out. I guess some machines must have been made slightly different in that regard. Either that or Yosemite and Sawtooth are made differently from Yikes.

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