[DM-MUG] iMac G5 Superdrive Upgrade

[kcrouch]

Thanks for the reply Curt. 

I've installed PatchBurn 3 (for 10.3) and have mixed results. The 8x DVD that OWC sent seemed to burn fine with iDVD, but the Ridata DVD-R 4x (this is what I was using with the original drive) burn and then skip when played on DVD palyers. They play fine on the Mac though.

OWC recommended that my problem might be my media and told me to use Ridata DVD-R 4x. I told them that I had and they got silent.

Next week I'm going to install 10.4 and iLife 05 and see what happens. If all else fails I'll put the original back in and OWC can have their drive back. :(

BTW, the OWC drive is the same drive that Apple is putting in some of the newest iMacs.

Kendall Crouch


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> From: CW Smith <cwsmith at mchsi.com>
> Subject: Re: [DM-MUG] iMac G5 Superdrive Upgrade
> Sent: 12 Aug '05 15:48
> 
>  On 8/12/05 7:03 AM, "kcrouch" <kcrouch at klccomputing.com> wrote:
>  
>  > I'm attempting to use OWC's Superdrive upgrade that I've been reading about,
>  > but cannot always get DVDs burned through iDVD to play on DVD players. Has
>  > anyone had experience with the upgrades for the iMac? I currently am running
>  > 10.3.9 and iDVD 4.0.1. I don't want to have to put the original drive back
>  > into the machine, but if I cannot get the new drive to work, it'll have to go
>  > back. Any ideas out there?
>  >
>  > Kendall
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>  Apple's iPrograms, like iTunes, iDVD, and others require a stock Apple Combo
>  Drive or SuperDrive, and don't support aftermarket drives (unless you
>  replace with a model identical to Apple's stock drives).  There is a way
>  around this, however:
>  
>  PatchBurn is a firmware patch that fools your Mac into believing that your
>  aftermarket drive is in fact a stock Apple drive.  You can find it at:
>  
>  http://www.patchburn.de/download.html
>  
>  Hope this helps!
>  
>  
>  Peace,
>  CW
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