[kirkmc adds: The usual caveats apply: you could fry your DVD drive, cause a plague of locusts to infest your RAM, incite flooding in your toilets, and void your warranty. Use at your own risk.]
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If you have the DVR-117 SuperDrive installed in your Mac, you can get faster read and write speeds and add dual-layer DVD support just by flashing the firmware of the drive.
The details of how to do this are here.
[kirkmc adds: The usual caveats apply: you could fry your DVD drive, cause a plague of locusts to infest your RAM, incite flooding in your toilets, and void your warranty. Use at your own risk.]
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Speed up a DVR-117 SuperDrive
This works only is your drive is connected to the ATA bus in the Mac. It will not work on Firewire or USB connected drives.
Crossflash externals
I've used the following w/ a Pioneer 100 (110D) that I put in an old LaCie firewire case to crossflash it to a 110 w/ the buffalo firmware:
Where to find firmware updates for other models?
I have a DVR-109, and I've been looking around a bit this afternoon, with no luck. Can anyone point me to the latest version for my drive? It's at 1.55 right now, I believe...
Where to find firmware updates for other models?
rpc1.org has tons of links to firmware and the utilities with which to flash the drives.
Where to find firmware updates for other models?
I did not know there is an OS X flash utility. So, I really appreciate Jim's post above me.
I have a Sony DW-Q28A drive in my G5 tower, and as Jim says, I found the latest firmware at http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=34708. Since I have never flashed a drive, I am going to read all relevant instructions carefully.
How to SLOW DOWN DVD drive?
Is there any hint how to slow down a DVD drive?
How to SLOW DOWN DVD drive?
When burning a CD or DVD, you can choose the speed. You generally set it to Maximum, but, if that happens a lot, set it slower.
How to SLOW DOWN DVD drive?
Thanks kirkmc, but it's not during burning but while reading from the CD. |
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