Recent content by Paladin1006

My Mini's Superdrive keeps spitting out disc after disc after about 90 seconds of churning on each one. After reading a lot of archives here, it looks like it might be time for a replacement. Just how important is it to install a REAL Superdrive? I ask this question only because I have l...

I occasionally have problems w/external burners not showing up on my desktop. I have always been able to rectify this by powering off the drive, removing the interface cable, then reversing this procedure. Sometimes it makes a difference whether I connect the interface cable or the power first...

For the record, I have l discovered to my amazement that just about ANY external burners will work with Macs. I don't know how far back this compatibility reaches. But I currently am using AOpen, I/O Magic, Memorex, Philips, NEC, HP, Sony, Lite-On, and Plextor burners on my Mini 1.66Ghz, all at...

I occasionally have problems w/external burners not showing up on my desktop. I have always been able to rectify this by powering off the drive, removing the interface cable, then reversing this procedure. Sometimes it makes a difference whether I connect the interface cable or the power first...

Here's what my Mini shows: MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846: Firmware Revision: FM3J Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO...

I am an extremely pleased Mini user. I bought mine when 1.66Ghz w/Superdrive was the top dog. Even w/standard 512MB of RAM, this thing can burn 8 dvds simultaneously while ripping a 9th, and doing anything else I choose to do at the same time. Depending on my needs, I have up to 9 external hard...