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CD-ROM Firmware in Mac?
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Is it possible to upgrade CD-ROM firmware used in a Mac? I have a CD-ROM drive supported by CD-ROM Toolkit that's acting oddly in my PowerComputing clone. I noticed online Windows users have access to firmware upgrades. Does the same apply to Macs and clones?
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Join Date: Jan 2001
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Updating drive firmware is a rare occurance in the Mac community, and as such you will almost definitly not be able to update firmware on your CD-ROM. As for open firmware updates for your system, unless your manufacturer posted such an update there is no update.
What is causing you to think that you need a firmware update? That seems like a huge longshot when trying to diagnose a drive issue.
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The drive isn't mounting CDs burned with a home CDRW burner as well as some dual-session CDs. It was a long shot anyway. But since it's only a 12x drive, I'll probably break down and replace the thing.
[ 12-27-2001: Message edited by: -1984- ]
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On ocasion, older CR-ROMs will not read home burnt disks correctly. So, my guess is that you probably will have to purchase a newer drive.
Jerome
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by -1984-:
[QB]The drive isn't mounting CDs burned with a home CDRW burner as well as some dual-session CDs. It was a long shot anyway. But since it's only a 12x drive, I'll probably break down and replace the thing.
Did you ever try burning a test CD at a lower speed, like just a "humble" 2x or 4x? This sometimes helps with the problem that a CD-ROM drive cannot read a CD burnt with a high-speed burner. In this case, it be not the CD-ROM drive's problem, but a not-so-perfect alignment of the CDRW when burning at high speeds.
Maybe of some help,
Walter.
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