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legionare · Sep 19, 2007, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by ~bash $

I am pretty sure that you, like me, are out of luck for the moment.

Nuh uh. Lookie here:

Matshita and Apple RPC1 firmware: a sum-up

ghporter · Sep 19, 2007, 09:07 PM

Excellent info! My iMac thanks you!

~bash $ · Sep 19, 2007, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by legionare

Nuh uh. Lookie here:

Matshita and Apple RPC1 firmware: a sum-up

If I didn't love being wrong most of the time, I would really really hate my job!

ghporter · Sep 20, 2007, 07:46 AM

Ok, now that I'm back on my MBP, I've had a chance to check out my drive. It's an HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA4080M with firmware version AA26. Software Update says I'm up to date with everything. Am I missing something, or have I simply not read all the right posts? Or do I have to jump through a different hoop to patch my drive?

Simon · Sep 20, 2007, 08:52 AM

That's a CD MBP right? IIRC there's no RPC-1 firmware available for that drive (yet).

Person Man · Sep 20, 2007, 11:02 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Ok, now that I'm back on my MBP, I've had a chance to check out my drive. It's an HL-DT-ST DVDRW GWA4080M with firmware version AA26. Software Update says I'm up to date with everything. Am I missing something, or have I simply not read all the right posts? Or do I have to jump through a different hoop to patch my drive?

You got one of the iMacs with the LG/Hitachi(?) drives.

Apple uses about 90% Matsushita (Panasonic) drives and 10% others, in their computers that use slot loading laptop drives.

In their towers, they used ~90% Pioneer and ~10% others drives. I know because my Power Mac G5 has a Sony drive in it... which made it very hard to change to a newer Pioneer drive, because the mounting screws are different and you can't seem to get just the mounting screws from ANYWHERE!

ghporter · Sep 21, 2007, 01:56 PM

I was rather surprised to see "HL-DT-ST" show up myself. It's worked fine for me-even burning video DVDs for a class. But the whole region issue is a burr under my saddle as they say-I don't currently have DVDs from outside Region 1 (though I do have a few Region 0 discs), but what if I did...

trb216 · May 2, 2008, 07:52 PM

Simon help! I went to the french site before seeing this forum... I have the same BE39... have downloaded the firmware... but don't know how to run the darn thing... the file is .exe... so how do I run the frimware?

The french wedsite said since i have the Superdrive 2.1 update... that I would have to use parallels... which I have downloaded and have running. But I still do not understand how to to run the thing

thanksI have been going at this for hours, Thomas

Originally Posted by Simon

There's still a solution: BE39 firmware.

This page is in French, but you can find firmware for lots of other iB/PB/MB(P) drives there.

rmcinnes · Jul 14, 2008, 04:26 AM

The Matsishita DVD-R UJ-846 [FM3J] firmware update was rejected by my MacMini.
"...not compatible with 10.5.4", "...upgrade OS and and try again",
Readme stated it is suitability for Max OS X 10.4.5 or later...

The firmware was sourced via http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=43082.
Refer UJ-846, Firmware version FM3J.

Any suggestions, I am extremely annoyed by this Regional Code nonsense. I have lived in Sydney, Singapore, Japan, and Perth, and as a consequence, have DVD's in my library with various regional codes, all which work without issue on all the DVD players I have owned over the years. But not on my Apple MacMini? [except the selected code].

Your ideas most welcome; I would very much like to get this sorted out...

Thank you, all, for a very comprehensive discussion, and great set of links.

Robert