Thanks to all. This is why I actually read this forum. On Jan 17, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Bill Rising wrote: > > I had to update the firmware on the DVD player which came with my > dual 800 quicksilver... and I had to do it within Virtual PC, > because there weren't any Mac firmware updaters which I could find. > A complete pain in the butt. In any case, here was the thread of > info I followed --- whether it is relevant or not, I'm not sure, > but it could send you off on a more fruitful search: > > http://forum.rpc1.org/viewtopic.php?t=30233 > > Bill
I had considered this. Should (apparently does) work, but I have trashed my VPC because since using an upgrade to v.7x had nothing but grief even with reinstall. Found this forum and actually tried the DVRFlash program. However, could not get the parameters correct as my Unix understanding a little less than my Serbian. On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:07 PM, b3 wrote: > i recently flashed the firmware on my external lacie DVD+/-R drive. > after some exploring i used a program called "necflashX" that > allowed me to flash using the updated firmware (without the windows > installer). > > it worked fine for me, and everything is great! > > i would assume that is would work fine with your powermac. > > rick Thanks Rick. Tried this out. Worked great. But the app. dutifully told me I had no NEC drives. Wish there had been one for Pioneer. On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:37 PM, Profile wrote: > Ahhhh, what a good reason to NOT buy their product, not that they > care but it soothes an irritated soul on this end. I try to stay > away from third party products when at all possible for this very > reason. > > John R. > I generally agree, but the DVR-107D is the Apple Superdrive one generation behind my original drive. That's why I selected it. On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:24 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > > Most of the time the firmware updates are platform agnostic inside > the drive, but they only have installers that run under Windows. I > have updated my Linux and Mac drives several times by plugging them > into Windows and running the installers. It's always worked, and > several times it cured annoying problems. I always write the > manufacturer complaining about the extra hoop they made me jump > through to fix problems with the product they sold me. > Thanks esp. to Lee. Made the plunge and it worked great. BOTH DVD-R's UPDATED AND WORKING WELL!! Reasons to keep a working Windoze machine around: 4. Let the grandkids play games, etc. Who cares if it breaks. 3. Microsoft Windows-only software you already own and need to use occasionally. 2. FIRM WARE UPDATES when Mac platform not supported. and the #1 reason to have a Windoze box is: 1. Like Communists, keeping one around reminds you why they don't work well. ctw Columbia, KY | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be January 24 at Pitt Academy, 6010 Preston Highway. | The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
