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Q: iBook clamshell blueberry DVD

I'm wanting to know if I can put a DVD drive in my iBook clamshell blueberry 300mhz, or would a USB DVD player work?

iBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Apr 12, 2012 9:12 PM

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  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Apr 12, 2012 9:27 PM in response to ipod!!!
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    Apr 12, 2012 9:27 PM in response to ipod!!!

    That came with a 24x CD-ROM and can't read DVDs. 

     

    As for an external I'm not sure. It might work to a certain extent, but playback capability may be limited by other hardware as suggested in

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2497589

  • by Knucklesmac,

    Knucklesmac Knucklesmac Apr 13, 2012 2:52 AM in response to ipod!!!
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    Apr 13, 2012 2:52 AM in response to ipod!!!

    The later Clamshell iBooks ( keylime and graphite SE, 466mhz) All came with a DVD drive. If you can obtain one of these DVD drives. (eBay maybe?) I am more than sure it fits and works fine. I done the same to my Indigo 366mhz iBook and it worked fine.

    An external DVD drive via USB is very hit and miss. If you buy a very early USB 1.0 DVD drive it might work. Any of the new USB 2.0 DVD drives wont work at all. (I know I've tired it ) You are best to get a iBook SE DVD drive and fit it.

  • by ipod!!!,

    ipod!!! ipod!!! Apr 14, 2012 11:19 PM in response to Knucklesmac
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    Apr 14, 2012 11:19 PM in response to Knucklesmac

    does the 4mb video card matter? I mean will the playback be ok?

  • by bund,

    bund bund Apr 15, 2012 1:35 AM in response to ipod!!!
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    Apr 15, 2012 1:35 AM in response to ipod!!!

    It is possible to run your blueberry iBook with a DVD drive, but you won't be able to play DVD movies because the 300mhz/4MB video combination is too slow.

     

    Minimum iBook Clamshell requirements for DVD playback 366Mhz/8MB video (iBooks with firewire)

  • by Knucklesmac,

    Knucklesmac Knucklesmac Apr 16, 2012 12:56 AM in response to ipod!!!
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    Apr 16, 2012 12:56 AM in response to ipod!!!

    I never found the 4 meg video memory to be an issue when I played back DVD films on a iBook Clamshell (Tangerine, 300Mhz and my iBook Indigo)  Granted it would benefit a 256meg memory installing and I wouldn't run any other application while playing back videos.