[rotuts]

hello

this might be burried in other posts but I couldn't find it.

what are the DL drives in the new G5's? pioneer 108's? others? Varies?

I assume they are not the pioneer 109's due to the need for patchburn in Tiger?

thanks rotuts

[southtdi]

It apears that they are teh Pioneer 109's. Can be had over at NewEgg for around $55.

[rotuts]

perhaps
Im guessing they might be Pioneer 108's as the 109s need a program called PatchBurn to get them to work.

the reason I ask, is that the BTO gives y0u $100 back ( less) with the CD-RW installed, then you get the 109 from new egg for ~$50 delivered and save 50 $ and have a faster drive.

anyone looking at this thread had the new G5 in there hot little hands to look this up?

rotut

[rotuts]

sorry for the trunkaded post

I had to go back to copy this link
look here:

http://www.patchburn.de/index.html

this is for Tiger and the 109's

thanks rotuts

[pbarton]

System Profiler in new dual 2.0 reports that the drive is a Pioneer 109.

[rotuts]

thanks PB Im asuming you have the new 2.0? why then do you need a patchburn for the 109 in tiger? other links seem to suggest Tiger does not support (yet) the 109.

interestingly mysteriouus.

rotuts

[pbarton]

rotuts,

Perhaps Apple has modified the drive's firmware to operate in Tiger?

Here is the System Profiler description:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109:

Firmware Revision: A912
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Media Type: CD-ROM
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No

[rotuts]

thanks again PB

its still a little curious re Tiger as I thought that the only thing PatchBurn did was modify burners for Apple OS. maybe PatchBurn Tiger is for other burners not then the 109.

its been my experience that in the near or far futures there will be firmware updated either from Pioneer or hacks that fix up their drives for region and speed of media.

rotuts

[Kristoff]

Heh, my brand new dual 2.0 has this (From ASP):

SONY DVD RW DW-Q28A:

Firmware Revision: KAS7
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

[Kristoff]

So, I guess they just put whatever in?
I supposed they do the same with hard disks.