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MacGuy

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Recomendation for external USB burner
« on: February 14, 2015, 10:09:46 AM »
My external burner is slowly burning out and we need a replacement.  The unit i have now is a DVD+-/RW + DVD-RAM LG brand burner and have been very pleased with it especially the ability to burn/use DVD-RAM disks since those disks are like having an external hard drive.  The unit is USB and FireWired.

Any Recommendations for a external  ( USB and or FireWire connection ) DVD+/-RW Drive Burner and possibly DVD-RAM.

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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2015, 10:15:56 AM »
most LG burners will support non-cartridge DVD-RAM.
i think u would have a hard time finding a sata to firewire cd enclosure
u might as well search for firewire dvd burner on ebay
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2015, 10:45:20 AM »
yep, in fact new external firewired burners are hard to find and from my experience of getting "burned" on a so called  eBay/amazoon deal on a piece of midi gear,  well i am going to leave it at that...

would like to have recommendation from the members here that own/use external USB burners with their power macs

still have the enclosure for the somewhat dead burner ( many of the burns fail or simply stop burning and i use top of the line disks that have always worked )   it may be burner or the power supply

in my experience of trying to fix these types of hardware problems  is to simply throw away the unit and buy new because the replacement parts ( more then often already used/refurbished ) cost more then a brand new unit that comes with   a warranty


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supernova777

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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2015, 11:02:16 AM »
dont even try to get a usb burner for mac os 9.
it doesnt have usb2.0 and usb is useless for anything but mouse + keyboard
u *NEED* a firewire burner

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MRSFW8U3OB/
heres one that does it all.. usb fw400 + fw800
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2015, 11:05:34 AM »
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2015, 11:06:15 AM »
heres another
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MRSFW8U3RF/
slightly cheaper

keep in mind thats 58$ for the enclosure u would still need to buy a sata dvd drive
but they are dirt cheap at any computer store tehse days

its only 19.99 at my store
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2015, 11:08:31 AM »

pretty good deal
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2015, 11:45:18 AM »
Quote from: chrisNova777 on February 14, 2015, 11:02:16 AM
dont even try to get a usb burner for mac os 9.
it doesnt have usb2.0 and usb is useless for anything but mouse + keyboard
u *NEED* a firewire burner



 :o

there is  usb plus a firewire card installed in my 8500 and usb sticks/drives and firewire drives work in OS 9.1

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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #8 on: February 14, 2015, 12:28:38 PM »
they only work in 1.1 base level and not USB2.0 I know where of I speak.

I advise a firewire interface. look at this model in particular.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/MRSFW8U3RF/

I use a very similar model to this myself for PPC and intel machines, even in OS9 via firewire. this is a universal caddy. I'd then grab hold of an apple 5.25" IDE superdrive and mount it in there.

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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #9 on: February 14, 2015, 04:35:21 PM »
Quote from: Ed Redfern on February 14, 2015, 12:28:38 PM
I advise a firewire interface. look at this model in particular.

thats what he got. he is looking for a burner. :)
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #10 on: February 14, 2015, 06:15:03 PM »
macguy if u try to burn a cd using usb 1.1 that would probably take a full day to burn
dont even try it
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2015, 02:02:15 AM »
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Re: Recomendation for external USB burner
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2015, 04:09:48 AM »
Quote from: MacGuy on February 14, 2015, 11:45:18 AM
there is  usb plus a firewire card installed in my 8500 and usb sticks/drives and firewire drives work in OS 9.1

yes but the speed of the usb under mac os 9 will be only version 1.1 usb which is appropriate only for keyboards + mice + ohter such low speed peripherals...

as u know there are some usb 1.1 audio interfaces that work with mac os 9.. such as the original mbox

but for harddrives + burning.. this will be incredibly slow + not reccommended
u need a drive or drive enclosure that has firewire
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