[X4U] Compatibility Issue

[Stroller]

On Jan 22, 2005, at 4:35 am, Johns Maillist wrote:

> Anyone know where I can find out if a Pioneer DVR-109 DVD burner is on 
> the X list?

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ would be the usual place. Look under 
"Database", "Drive compatibility".

> It is a Dual layer, 16X DVD burner, and was on Dealmac today, and the 
> deal seem pretty good, I just want to know that it will work in my 
> mirror door G4 (1.25).

I have one of these drives, and although I haven't tested it 
extensively it seems to work. I have it in an external firewire case, 
and after a recent 10.3.x update it started to play DVDs. If I open 
iDVD without it plugged in I get an alert saying "Your Macintosh does 
not have a supported superdrive", but not when the Pioneer is 
connected.

I bought this drive on the basis that previous Pioneers were recognised 
as "Apple shipped / supported" (indeed mine now shows up that way in 
System Profiler) and it is firmly my belief that a Mac will mistake it 
for a factory-installed SuperDrive.

Stroller.
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