G4/667 upgrade: Sony 215A1 CDRW 48x24x48x & Apple burning software

[B Yen]

I have a G4/667 (bought in Aug 2001) running 9.2.2, it came with a stock Sony 8x
CDRW (CRX140E)

I swapped in a Sony CDRW CRX215A1 (48x24x48x) several months ago & could read CDs
ok..

I just now tried to write a CD-R, & it came back with:

"the burn operation could not be completed because the device is not supported"

(it was able to write a directory OK in some kind of setup operation, when I 1st
inserted the CD-R disk)

Is it complaining about the 48x24x48x drive not being supported (extensions folder,
Authoring Support Folder, SonyCDR file), or do I need a special disk to handle the
48x speed?

Apple System Profiler gives me this:

driver version: 1.4.7
revision number: SYS2
product ID: CD-RW Sony CRX215E1
Apple disk burning: supported

This seems to imply that I should be able to burn CD-R disks using Apple's burner
software..or does it?  (why does the device show upat CRX215E1, instead of
CRX215A1??).

>From xlr8yourmac.com, I got this:

< some kind of a download for OS9 & Sony 56x CDRW, I assume it is a SonyCDR file to
be put in the Authoring Support Folder , see above >

[ xlry8yourmac.com is down, so I can't give you the URL ]

Assuming the problem is that I need a driver..
Does anyone know of an updater, which would let me use the Sony CRX215A1 (E1 or
whatever) drive with Apple's burning software?

The local vendor where I got the machine recommended:

- get a version of Toast that supports the drive
[ I don't feel like doing this ]
- don't mess with OS X
[ i'm OK with this ]

TIA for any help/advice.


B Yen