Adding DVD-ROM to G4 with CD-RW

[Tom Head]

Howdy!

I have a G4/733 QuickSilver with a CD-RW drive; I'm itching to watch DVDs on this thing (the flat panel display is pleasant), but don't want to upgrade to a SuperDrive and understand there's no way to put a DVD-ROM in the second drive bay without using a hacksaw and creating a possible overheating issue. Is there an easy way to add a DVD-ROM (FireWire, maybe?) for less than $100, and without any creative hardware tinkering?

Thanks for any help!


Cheers,

TH

 

[ksv]

The best idea would be to get a combo drive that both reads DVDs and burns CDs. I think that would be a little over $100, but you'd avoid the hardware hacking

 

[bobw]

Here's a page that has instructions and pics for putting another internal CD Drive in a Quicksilver;

http://www.quinnmacdonald.com/g4/index.html

Doesn't look to difficult.