DVR-104 Firmware may restrict burning speed to 1x

Feb 14, '03 09:15:47AM

Contributed by: barryjaylevine

My Dual-867 (shipped last October) was ordered with the SuperDrive. The firmware in the drive is A227. This is, apparently, the firmware version to which DRV-104's shipped in earlier G4's are updated with the updater automatically available with Software Update.

The purpose of the updater is to permit the drive to recognize and deal with 4X media (burn 'em at 2X, of course). Without the update, 4X media inserted into the drive will kill the drive (burn it up). So the update is a good thing, right? Well, what it also does is prevent the drive from burning at 2X with 2X certified media! You're limited to 1X. Apple will be hearing from me tomorrow when I ask for a replacement drive.

[Editor's note: I'm publishing this hint in the hopes that others can confirm or deny these claims. The Apple store now only sells 2x or 4x DVD-R media, so I find it hard to believe these would be forced to burn at 1x after the update. I have an updated older SuperDrive, but I don't have any 2x discs on hand to test with. Can anyone confirm or deny this 1x burn limitation?]

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