Blu-ray compatible with G5quad 2005

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Blu-ray compatible with G5quad 2005

Hi
I am thinking of getting an internal blu-ray burner and putting in an enclosure for Sata/usb connection with a G5 quad 2005. Researching suitable drives, when they
are Mac compatible they tend to list them as mac pro only.
I have come across a couple, the pioneer BDR-205 which looks suitable, plus the
LG BH08LS20(which someone else has used in a previous post but with a pro model).
Am I right in thinking most drivers will plug and play and I shouldn't have too many issues. I will be using with Toast.
Based in UK so OWC isn't really an option.
Any suggestions gratefully received.

G5 Powermac Quad 2005, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 8 GB ram

Posted on Aug 21, 2010 10:06 AM

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The hatter

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Aug 21, 2010 10:39 AM in response to Moviemister

I didn't think there were any that were not SATA - it wasn't until 2008 that Apple Mac Pro had SATA optical DVD in them.

See what OWC offers, then check a place like Amazon.com/uk/ for it?

I think you'll be better off with Firewire though.

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Aug 21, 2010 11:09 AM in response to The hatter

Hi The Hatter
Thanks for the reply. I realize firewire would be better but therein lies the expense ,if I was to buy one of the OWC ones, once you've added shipping and customs. I haven't found anything in the UK other than the LACIE which only seems compatible with a Mac Pro. I thought I could get the pioneer, bob it in an enclosure and connect via sata with a pci sata card in my G5. But I am in a horrible state of confusion with all this so have probably got it all wrong:)

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BDAqua

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Aug 21, 2010 12:05 PM in response to Moviemister

Hi Moviemister, and a warm welcome to the forums! 🙂

You can get both power adapters & Sata-> IDE adapters...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=41438 46&csid=_25

http://www.satacables.com/html/satato_ideadapter.html

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Moviemister Author

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Aug 21, 2010 12:24 PM in response to BDAqua

Thanks BD
I already have the lacie pci express already in my mac with two sata ports to use.
I'm assuming a sata cable will be a good connexion. I am just worried about the mac recognizing/working with the blu-ray drives. Amazon tends not to be very good at listing compatibility with systems.

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BDAqua

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Aug 21, 2010 12:27 PM in response to Moviemister

I think it will recognize them, just don't have one to test.

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The hatter

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Aug 21, 2010 1:08 PM in response to Moviemister

Amazon UK is next to worthless too! 😟

USB should work and you aren't needing to boot from it.

LaCie PCI SATA isnt' something I (knock on wood) have faith in.

Mac OS doesn't work with BR, you need Toast or something else.

If there is room for SATA adapter (there isn't for hard drives, you can go internal, but I still like the external and would prefer to see

bootable EIDE or standard SATA (connected to a bootable SATA controller like FirmTek or ... is there another make that will allow booting?

So LaCie has internal ports? Sonnet and Firmtek have 2+2 or 4 internal (for use with Sonnet G5 Jive).

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