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pioneer 109 issues...
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Oct 2003
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hey all,
i was tired of watching the grass grow when i burned dvds on my original g5 dual 2.0 with the 4x superdrive so i just bought the 109 bk from owc. when i look in itunes or in dragon burn (toast equivalent) the drive is listed as having top burn speed as 12x for dvd-r and i see no mention of dual layer support anywhere. am i missing something or is there a way to find out if this drive now is supported? i downloaded a firmware flash updater that brought it to 1.55 but still no change. i am running tiger and its latest update.
any help would be really appreciated.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: columbus, oh
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Open System Profiler and look for the drive in there. It will then give the supported formats on the drive.
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"Another classic science-fiction show cancelled before its time" ~ Bender
15.2" PowerBook 1.25GHz, 80GB HD, 768MB RAM, SuperDrive
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Oct 2003
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yes, running profiler shows that the drive is recognized and what firmware version it has, 1.55, but nowhere do i see DL support listed as an option. i know there are people out there with these drives who are getting 16x write speeds. how do they know? is it only while using toast (which i dont have) that you can see this option?
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Computer games don't influence kids...
If Pacman affected us as kids, we'd all
be running around in darkened rooms
munching magic pills and listening to
repetitive electronic music....
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: columbus, oh
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Ah sorry, I do know that Tiger System Profiler shows this, my bad for assuming
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"Another classic science-fiction show cancelled before its time" ~ Bender
15.2" PowerBook 1.25GHz, 80GB HD, 768MB RAM, SuperDrive
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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Maybe you need PatchBurn.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Oct 2004
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I would try the latest version of Toast. I never have a problem with it.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Sep 2001
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This is what the system profiler shows me:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109:
Firmware Revision: 1.17
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
Profile Path: None
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: No
Write speeds shown in Dragon Burn : up to 16x DVD -/+R and 40x CD-R
regards
John
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Nov 1999
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I just installed a Pioneer 109 DL and it wouldn't work because of the face plate that comes stock on the drive which prevents the door to my G5 from opening. I assume that I should be able to remove this faceplate so does anyone have any clues?
I have not installed Tiger yet and when I check sys profiler it shows that burning is not supported.
Thanks for the help.
Steve
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