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Apple has released a firmware update for SuperDrives in a variety of PowerPC-based Macs, including:
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ultim8Fury said 6:20AM on 6-01-2006
A year too late. I replaced the drive in my G4 PB because write speeds on new media had dropped to an unacceptable speed. Now I'm waiting on the arrival of a MBP it's all kinda redundant.
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JT said 6:39AM on 6-01-2006
Still, it's quite nice for them to keep caring about PPC machines.
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Christian said 6:41AM on 6-01-2006
This is only for the SuperDrive-based PowerPC Macs that supported DVD+/-R/RW. Models earlier than the ones above supported only DVD-R (and not +R).
Apple was shamefully one of the last companies to start shipping multi-format DVD burners. +/- combo burners had been standard in PCs for almost a year before Apple finally got around to including them.
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pedro said 6:46AM on 6-01-2006
I installed the firmware through the Apple Software Update tool and upon restarting my computer got stuck.
It's a 12" PowerBook 1.5GHz. I had just rebooted the computer, after installing the QT 7.1.1 update. I re-ran the SW, it popped the Firmware update, I clicked install, it downloaded and asked for a reboot. I clicked yes, it powered down, then up, I heard the chime, and saw the white screen with the apple and the spinning thingy at the bottom -- the usual. Then it switched to a light blue screen, completely blank, and it's been there for 15 min.
Could this be because of peripherals connected to the system? I have the following devices connected to the computer: (1) an external fireware drive plugged in, which has a bootable clone of my old Panther system (now I run Tiger), but it would only boot from there if I hold the Option key and select it. (2) an external monitor connected to my miniDV port. (3) a USB mouse. (4) an Ethernet cable.
In the meantime I unplugged the monitor, and the ethernet. The rest is still plugged in.
I could use any help or comments! The machine is still stuck with the light blue screen. Should I hold the power button to power it down and unplug the external firewire drive? Thanks!
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smilespray said 9:18AM on 6-01-2006
They "forgot" to update the crippled UJ-825 drives used in the 1.5 GHz 17" PowerBooks. These drives were marketed as 4x but will only burn in 2x, even with premium media. And yes, the drives were +/- compatible too.
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shamansanchez said 10:40AM on 6-01-2006
What about the 12" PowerBook G4 1.33 GHz? I'm having the same problem, and being able to burn at 4x would be nice...
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kevin said 10:40AM on 6-01-2006
i remember the same super drive issues everyone is talking about here. i can't believe i've forgotten it, but that's what apple wanted. they never addressed the issue despite countless reports by customers and postings on their own discussion boards of the problem. the drive wouldn't burn at the advertised speed, and even the media apple suggested to try and didn't burn at the correct speed, including apple's OWN DVD-R discs.
this is actually much worse than overheating MBP's because it was falsely advertised that the superdrive would burn at a certain speed whereas the MBP was never advertised to run cool.
so now they're trying to address the issue a year or so later? ridiculous.
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rish said 11:29AM on 6-01-2006
For some reason, the software update made me download this superdrive update thrice. Isnt that weird?
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JamieD said 4:21PM on 6-01-2006
This update didnt do anything for me, 1.5gb 15" powerbook. Downloaded the update and im still only burning at 2x, I have only managed to find 2 brands of DVD that will burn at 4x in the year and a half I've owned this machine.
I've always found apple to be innovators in some areas yet way way behind in others.
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sjk said 1:05AM on 6-02-2006
This firmware update is only for the Matshita DVD-R UJ-835, which can be
determined by examining certain files in the SuperDrive FW Update application
package.
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KSB said 2:06AM on 6-02-2006
I can't burn music cd's in iTunes after this update!!! argh apple behave!
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Axman6 said 2:57AM on 6-02-2006
Hmm, i downloaded the update from Apple's site because it didn't show up in software update. when i tried to install it, it told me there was nothing to be done :s i have a "iMac G5 (17-inch 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz)" first rev, with superdrive (of course). i wanted an update :(
Cya, Al.
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