[CUBE] Reader reports MCE 2x DVD-R/DVD-RAM slotted Superdrive not supported in 10.3

[Martin Weiss]

>FYI - OWC's drives are affected as well. Both companies are working on a
>solution.
>
>Laurie

Any reports on problems with the earlier MC 1x DVD-R/DVD-RAM drives?

Martin

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>On 10/27/03 2:19 PM, don.linares at verizon.net added a note to the human
>symphony, when this was said:
>
>>  Reader reports MCE 2x DVD-R/DVD-RAM slotted Superdrive not supported in
>>  10.3 - As mentioned before here when they started shipping, the MCE
>>  (Matshita) slotted 2x DVD-R + DVD-RAM superdrive for Powerbooks and
>>  Cubes required  custom/modified device-plugin file for iTunes, etc.
>>  burn support. A reader that upgraded to 10.3 just wrote that the drive
>>  is not supported.
>>
>>  " Hi Mike, You were kind enough to help me out a few months ago
>>  regarding a problem w/ my then newly installed (MCE slotted) DVD
>>  burner. I did receive the plug in from MCE, and everything worked great
>>  after I switched it out.
>>  When 10.2.8 came out, at first the problem resurfaced (wouldn't
>>  recognize the drive after the upgrade), but I just pulled out the old
>>  plug-in and (MatshitaCDR.device-plugin) - which appeared again after
>>  the OS upgrade, and replaced w/ the one sent from MCE
>>  (MCE2XDVDRCDR.device-plugin) and it worked fine.
>>
>>  Now that I've upgraded to 10.3 I expereinced the same problem, assumed
>>  I could just repeat the above process and be all set, but it doesn't
>>  work.  First off, the MatshitaCDR.device-plugin didn't reappear and
>>  reinserting the MCE... Plugin didn't do anything.
>>  Any thoughts, any of your other readers experiencing this problem?
>>  George "
>>
>>  Panther does not use the individual device-plugin files that
>>  10.2.x/10.1.x did, mentioned in this article back in June here on
>>  Panther Burn Support/Mods . Unless a reader with this drive has any
>>  fixes, I'd contact MCE to ask if they are working on this and/or wait
>>  for a 10.3 compatible version of PatchBurn.
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