[G4] Adding a Sony DVD drive

[David Crandon]

So you are saying the Pioneer drives are theoretically capable of DVD-
and DVD+? I thought the Sony was the only drive on the market that
supported both formats.

David Crandon

sr ferenczy wrote:
> 
> any idea of what the sony product number is for the exact drives apple
> uses? it is quite possible that the drives could easily be flashed with
> new firmware from sony to bring it up to the full capabilities of the
> drives. i know with the pioneer drives this was quite possible, and
> while it no longer appeared as a "superdrive" it was still compatible
> with all apple software.
> 
> sandor
> 
> On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 11:00  AM, Robert Meadors wrote:
> 
> > *Some* of the new machines DO have the new Sony drive that does it
> > all. It seems as though the drives have their + features stripped from
> > them. I don't know if it is by software or firmware though. I don't
> > remember where I read it though.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 04:42  AM, sr ferenczy wrote:
> >
> >> as far as i know, apple is still using the pioneer drives as the
> >> "superdrive" in the powermacs. i believe it is now the A05/105 drive
> >> (4x dvd-r burning) now, apple doesnt list the superdrive as
> >> supporting dvd-rw, but this is NOT dvd+rw. apple does not disable the
> >> dvd-rw, they just refuse to advertise it for some reason (i forget
> >> the true details, but i think you might need a 3rd party burning
> >> utility->toast, etc<- to burn dvd-rw..)
> >>
> >> peace
> >> sandor
> >>
> >> On Saturday, March 15, 2003, at 03:34  AM, David Crandon wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I know that the new Macs use a Sony "universal" DVD R drive. I have
> >>> heard that Apple disables the DVD+R/W part of the drive though.
> >>>
> >>> Has anyone found a way to enable that part of the drive? Is is
> >>> possible
> >>> to buy the same Sony universal drive elsewhere (for a second drive)
> >>> and
> >>> be able to use all formats?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>
> >>> David Crandon
> >
> >
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