Doomstalk Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 I've seen reports from people of getting their Inspiron 600m DVD drives working in OSx86. I even PMed one of the people who did so, but he had no clue how he managed it. Has anyone else gotten it to work? If so, can you tell me how? It'd bring me amazingly close to a fully working system (never gonna get my Intel Pro/Wireless or 3D acceleration on my Radeon 9000 working, so I'm not gonna worry). Thanks in advance. -DS Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1993-dell-inspiron-600m-dvd-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 The trick is that some 600M's use a NEC DVD drive and the others use a Sony. I had to return my Sony after I dropped it, but the NEC one works. I can't watch DVD movies on it though, but it burns and I can access CDs, etc. Almost everything works on the 600M out of the box. A minor hack and you can get the Wireless going (If you bought a Dell card instead of the Intel Centrino thing), remove the ATI drivers and you can get 1400x1050 resolution. It will even detect the PCMCIA chipset and onboard Smart card reader. Even will give you a percentage of battery life... but not how much time is left, nor will it use speedstep technology. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1993-dell-inspiron-600m-dvd-drive/#findComment-13444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomstalk Posted September 10, 2005 Author Share Posted September 10, 2005 Actually I've got an LG GCC-4241N DVD/burner combo and a Hitachi GDR-8081N DVD-ROM. Neither works. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1993-dell-inspiron-600m-dvd-drive/#findComment-14796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scothiam Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 I've got one of the sony drives, and it works fine (yet to try burning...) Don't expect to watch DVDs without Quartz or Coregraphics, I assume... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1993-dell-inspiron-600m-dvd-drive/#findComment-27276 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesken Rogue Posted December 13, 2005 Share Posted December 13, 2005 I havn't seen anyone talking about the model I have in my 600M: It appears to be A plain ol Dell model, P/N: 8W007-A01 rev A00. System Profiler tells me its a QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U: and the drivers are featured at dell, but only for dos/xp of course. It recognizes a dvd title when inserted, but I'll need either advanced video support for my Radeon 9000 or get a recommended software DVD player app... any suggestions? I will try burning soon and post my findings, but I think it will work, System Profiler recognizes its burning capabilities. QSI CDRW/DVD SBW242U: Firmware Revision: UD25 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Vendor Supported) Profile Path: VendorSupport.drprofile Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw Media: Media Type: CD-ROM Blank: No Erasable: No Overwritable: No Appendable: No ~Vesken Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/1993-dell-inspiron-600m-dvd-drive/#findComment-36254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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