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Problem with new Pioneer DVD drive.
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<blockquote data-quote="ezsurfer" data-source="post: 959822" data-attributes="member: 133714"><p>I have a PowerPc Mac G5 running Leopard 10.5.8 and I have been upgrading some parts. I installed the Pioneer DVR-A18L, which is the European version of the DVR-118L that is being sold as Mac compatible everywhere. When checking on System Profiler it is recognized as the Pioneer DVR-118L and the following:</p><p></p><p>PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-118L</p><p>Firmware Revision: 102</p><p>Interconnect: ATAPI</p><p>Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support)</p><p>Profile Path: None</p><p>Cache: 2000 KB</p><p>Reads DVD: Yes</p><p>CD-Write: -R, -RW</p><p>DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW</p><p>Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO</p><p>Media: No</p><p></p><p>So, at the moment the drive reads CD's but it doesn't get to play them; on iTunes it reads the tracks and gets the titles and stays hanging and doesn't get to play them at all. When inserting DVD's it spins for a while until it says that a blank DVD/Media have been inserted.</p><p>Anyone knows why this is happening? Do I need to flash it or fix something? I thought it would work straight away as the DVR-118L.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ezsurfer, post: 959822, member: 133714"] I have a PowerPc Mac G5 running Leopard 10.5.8 and I have been upgrading some parts. I installed the Pioneer DVR-A18L, which is the European version of the DVR-118L that is being sold as Mac compatible everywhere. When checking on System Profiler it is recognized as the Pioneer DVR-118L and the following: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-118L Firmware Revision: 102 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support) Profile Path: None Cache: 2000 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO Media: No So, at the moment the drive reads CD's but it doesn't get to play them; on iTunes it reads the tracks and gets the titles and stays hanging and doesn't get to play them at all. When inserting DVD's it spins for a while until it says that a blank DVD/Media have been inserted. Anyone knows why this is happening? Do I need to flash it or fix something? I thought it would work straight away as the DVR-118L. [/QUOTE]
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