[CUBE] Re [CUBE] Setting cd burner in iTunes

abillups at mac.com abillups at mac.com
Fri Aug 22 08:25:55 PDT 2003


So what program do you use to hack this and edit the model information?  
I have tried opening the driver file with everything I have and no luck.

On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 08:03  AM, Rick Rodman wrote:

> There are instructions on http://www.xlr8yourmac.com.  I've done this  
> before; in fact, I think it was a Memorex drive.  You have to go into  
> Apple System Profiler, find out the EXACT model name of your drive,  
> then find a file for a similar drive and edit in the exact model name  
> of your drive.  It's tedious, but it definitely works.
>
> Of course what you are basically doing is using a driver for a  
> different drive, so you may experience trouble if the drive is not  
> actually compatible with the other one.  But the manufacturers are  
> flooding the world with hundreds of only slightly different drives  
> these days.
>
> On Thursday, August 21, 2003, at 10:07 AM, Rasmus wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>> Am I out of luck here?
>>>
>> Not yet...
>>
>> I got an ASUS external firewire burner, and got the same problem. I  
>> took one of the existing drivers and edited it with hexedit with new  
>> mark and model, and it works like a charm...
>> I found an article in a newsgroup :  
>> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=scb-1608-d+os+x&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF- 
>> 8&oe=UTF- 
>> 8&selm=fa7379253e83c71872df90b355e78a6c.88218%40mygate.mailgate.org&rn 
>> um=1
>> (Its in norwegian - can translate it later today if you dont know the  
>> language...)
>
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