NEC ND-2500A + Jaguar = No Go

[John Miller]

Gurus:

Has anyone successfully installed and used the NEC ND-2500A drive for iTunes
or iDVD in Jaguar?

I¹m using a G4 867, with 10.2.8, and just installed a new NEC ND-2500A
CD-RW/DVD-R drive to replace the stock Pioneer DVR-103.  The NEC drive comes
up under ASProfiler but shows ³Disc Burning² as ³Not Supported².

I¹ve tried to use Christian Moller¹s Patchburn 1.1, but cannot get a
suitable driver to install (I tried many options).  I cannot mount a CD or
DVD-R or DVD+R blank in the Finder....getting the standard error:  ³You
cannot burn this disc in the Finder because the disk drive is not
supported.²  iTunes 4.1 does not work (burner does not show up in
Preferences --> Burning) nor does iDVD.  However, looks like I can burn from
Toast ok.

Interestingly, on another hard drive I¹ve installed 10.3.3, and used
Moller¹s Patchburn 2 patch, and the NEC drive works fine for iTunes, Disc
Burner (Finder), etc.

I¹d like to use the NEC with iDVD and iTunes in 10.2.8 without upgrading
10.3.3 yet.  Has anyone done this?  If so, did you use a patch, and which
one?  Ultimately, I might be better off with a Pioneer DVR-107.

Thanks in advance.

John

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