Simon Murray
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Q: G5 PowerMac 2.3 SuperDrive Replacement

Greetings,

 

Sorry if this has been asked before but a quick trawl doesn't give me a recent answer.

 

G5 PowerMac 2.3 Late 2005 running the original drive which the System Profiles tells me is an HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4165B

 

The drive intermittently doesn't want to read and frequently doesn't want to write so it's time to replace it.

 

Looking for a recommendation on a replacement as it's an age since I did such a replacement on any of my machines.

 

Many thanks.

Posted on Jun 9, 2015 6:45 AM

by BDAqua,Solvedanswer
BDAqua BDAqua
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A:

I replaced the one in my Quad G5 with one of these...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-SH-S222L-DVD-RW-CD-RW-IDE/291485103527?_trksid=p 2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D3 1356%26meid%3Df0792ddf28ba46e4bd095ae83c5355d9%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1 %26sd%3D171055795249

 

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L:

 

  Firmware Revision:    SB02

  Interconnect:    ATAPI

  Burn Support:    Yes (Generic Drive Support)

  Profile Path:    None

  Cache:    2048 KB

  Reads DVD:    Yes

  CD-Write:    -R, -RW

  DVD-Write:    -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, -RW DL, +R, +R DL, +RW

  Write Strategies:    CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO

  Media:

  Type:    CD-R

  Blank:    No

  Erasable:    No

  Overwritable:    No

  Appendable:    No

 

Though most IDE ones should work, even heard of a few using SATA ones with a little converter.

Posted on Jun 9, 2015 9:59 AM

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