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Hi,
I've a fairly basic iMac G4 which had a standard drive CD-RW fitted.
I've swapped this for a CD/DVD drive out of another redundant iMac but cannot get it to recognise DVD's.
It spins up & mounts CD's fine.
I've done a system re-install (10.3.x as I've got this on CD-ROM) but still no joy.
Any thoughts anyone, please?
Cheers,
TT

There may be a specific replacement series of optical drive best
suited for use in those computer models, so the computer would
see the upgrade optical drive as an original SuperDrive and the
OS install DVD disc could be used to boot the Mac, among other
basic and assumed duties it should then be able to perform right.
My suggestion is to see some other sites with a parts configuration
page for various specific Mac computers and note their reference
part numbers and what kinds of firmware or other differences each
model says it has from the factory. Some brands, such as OWC
has listed as replacement parts in their esales 'other world mac'
site, should be easily spec'd out and a similar item found over there.
You should not have to try and upgrade the optical drive's firmware to
have a replacement drive work in the Mac; the correct drive just will.
The optical drive's information in the System Profiler may be of help
in trying to determine if someone has tried to upgrade firmware in
one of those, to use it in a different model computer than designed.
But from what I've read, that seldom works to change firmware on
an optical drive for use in the iMac G4 series, when it can't work.
PS: your other 2 similar posts are duplicates.
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