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Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #351135] Mon, 21 August 2017 09:27 Go to next message
William Tomcanin is currently offline  William Tomcanin
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Hello everyone,

My 15-year old original Pioneer optical drive has failed completely. I
removed it took it apart, cleaned it which brought it back to life for
about one day. Today it refuses to read anything!

Time to replace it and I am wondering what folks are using these days.

I've been to the OWC site and see some options for newer drives, but they
only function as CD/DVD-rom when connected internally with appropriate
adapters. I can live with that, but would appreciate any recommendations
from the group.

thanks in advance,
Bill

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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #351140 is a reply to message #351135] Mon, 21 August 2017 11:55 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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> On Aug 21, 2017, at 6:27 AM, William Tomcanin <wt8091373@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> My 15-year old original Pioneer optical drive has failed completely. I removed it took it apart, cleaned it which brought it back to life for about one day. Today it refuses to read anything!
>
> Time to replace it and I am wondering what folks are using these days.
>
> I've been to the OWC site and see some options for newer drives, but they only function as CD/DVD-rom when connected internally with appropriate adapters. I can live with that, but would appreciate any recommendations from the group.

Yeah, finding an ATA optical drive is kinda hard nowadays.

Honestly the simplest and cheapest solution would be to go with an external USB one:

https://www.google.com/search?q=external+optical+disk+drive& amp;client=safari&rls=en&source=lnms&tbm=shop&am p;sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB4NH_1ujVAhVG2WMKHT15DIwQ_AUICigB& ;biw=1801&bih=1381


Like this one: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-8x-external-usb-double-layer -dvdrw-cd-rw-drive/5852919.p

If you’re running 10.5.8 (iirc) any functional optical drive should be recognized with all capabilities so this will work as a DL +/- burner.

This has the advantage of being transportable to other systems as needed.

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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #351148 is a reply to message #351140] Mon, 21 August 2017 14:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I bought this one for my G5 and It works Great!

LG internal / Gh22 Super Multi DVD rewriter 22x 8.5GB DVD+R

On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:55 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

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>> On Aug 21, 2017, at 6:27 AM, William Tomcanin <wt8091373@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> My 15-year old original Pioneer optical drive has failed
>> completely. I removed it took it apart, cleaned it which brought
>> it back to life for about one day. Today it refuses to read
>> anything!
>>
>> Time to replace it and I am wondering what folks are using these
>> days.
>>
>> I've been to the OWC site and see some options for newer drives,
>> but they only function as CD/DVD-rom when connected internally with
>> appropriate adapters. I can live with that, but would appreciate
>> any recommendations from the group.
>

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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #351149 is a reply to message #351148] Mon, 21 August 2017 14:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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> On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Roger Hodge <RogerDale360@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I bought this one for my G5 and It works Great!
>
> LG internal / Gh22 Super Multi DVD rewriter 22x 8.5GB DVD+R

G5’s use SATA drives and optical drives. QS systems use ATA. Different interface.

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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #351155 is a reply to message #351149] Mon, 21 August 2017 17:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Thanks, Bruce.

I am about to purchase an LG drive from OWC (with an SATA-IDE/ATAPI
converter). I realize that I will likely loose write capability, but I
think that is a function of the adapter that is coming with the product.

I'm in the process of researching other adapters that might allow me to
write with the appropriate S/W.

Bill

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>> On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Roger Hodge <RogerDale360@gmail.com>
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>>
>> I bought this one for my G5 and It works Great!
>>
>> LG internal / Gh22 Super Multi DVD rewriter 22x 8.5GB DVD+R
>
> G5’s use SATA drives and optical drives. QS systems use ATA. Different
> interface.
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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #351162 is a reply to message #351149] Mon, 21 August 2017 18:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Roger Hodge is currently offline  Roger Hodge
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Nope, Mine uses ATA drive for the dvd drive... :)

On Aug 21, 2017, at 2:27 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:

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>> On Aug 21, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Roger Hodge <RogerDale360@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I bought this one for my G5 and It works Great!
>>
>> LG internal / Gh22 Super Multi DVD rewriter 22x 8.5GB DVD+R
>
> G5’s use SATA drives and optical drives. QS systems use ATA.
> Different interface.
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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #351163 is a reply to message #351162] Mon, 21 August 2017 18:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Il giorno 22/08/17 00:06, "Roger Hodge" ha scritto:

> Nope, Mine uses ATA drive for the dvd drive... :)

Yep.
IIRC, G5s had SATA interface for the hard drives, and ATA for the optical
drive(s).


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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #352026 is a reply to message #351135] Thu, 07 September 2017 13:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Monday, August 21, 2017, William Tomcanin <wt8091373@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> My 15-year old original Pioneer optical drive has failed completely. I
> removed it took it apart, cleaned it which brought it back to life for
> about one day. Today it refuses to read anything!
>
> Time to replace it and I am wondering what folks are using these days.
>
> I've been to the OWC site and see some options for newer drives, but they
> only function as CD/DVD-rom when connected internally with appropriate
> adapters. I can live with that, but would appreciate any recommendations
> from the group.
>
> thanks in advance,
> Bill
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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #352312 is a reply to message #352026] Tue, 12 September 2017 10:01 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Just a brief update... I gave up on trying to get the the Pioneer optical
drive to work again -- I got it to work for about 1 day, then the same
problem. I won't recognized discs (CDs or DVDs) that it played immediately
after cleaning the previous day.

The LG unit works well, although the ADDONICS IDE/SATA adapter that shipped
with it doesn't allow the unit to write CDs or DVDs.

Overall, I'm pleased with the replacement. I don't know if it's worth it
to try and find an adapter that would restore the ability to burn discs.

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>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> My 15-year old original Pioneer optical drive has failed completely. I
>> removed it took it apart, cleaned it which brought it back to life for
>> about one day. Today it refuses to read anything!
>>
>> Time to replace it and I am wondering what folks are using these days.
>>
>> I've been to the OWC site and see some options for newer drives, but they
>> only function as CD/DVD-rom when connected internally with appropriate
>> adapters. I can live with that, but would appreciate any recommendations
>> from the group.
>>
>> thanks in advance,
>> Bill
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Re: Quicksilver 2002 Optical Drive Replacement [message #352313 is a reply to message #352312] Tue, 12 September 2017 10:42 Go to previous message
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Il giorno 12/09/17 16:01, "William Tomcanin" ha scritto:

> Overall, I'm pleased with the replacement. I don't know if it's worth it
> to try and find an adapter that would restore the ability to burn discs.

That's up to you, but I wouldn't.
When my iMac's internal optical drive stopped working, I just bought an
external Asus drive on Amazon:

<https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B00BGJ5XMY/>

It's cheap and it's been working flawlessly. No problem with the USB 2.0
connection.
It's one more gadget on the desk, but it's tiny and I use it every now and
then, so an external unit suits me fine. YMMV :-)


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