iBook G4 12" 1.33 Superdrive Upgrade Question

8 posts / 0 new
Last post
bigd's picture
Offline
Last seen: 16 years 1 month ago
Joined: Sep 26 2006 - 17:03
Posts: 37
iBook G4 12" 1.33 Superdrive Upgrade Question

Does anyone know if an 8X Superdrive from a 14" 1.42Ghz iBook will work in a 1.33GHz iBook that previously had a combo drive?

I installed it the other night and it will burn DVD's, but programs like Mactheripper will not read that there is a DVD in the drive.

Is there any software or firmware updates I need? Thanks for the help! Any ideas would be appreciated!

-D

Offline
Last seen: 8 months 3 weeks ago
Joined: Dec 19 2003 - 18:53
Posts: 906
What OS are you running?

Are you running OS 10.4.8? I think that they did some minor fixes recently to the OS, so that iTunes 7.0.2 can recognize a wide variety of optical drives.

I did a similar upgrade tor yours, on a TiPowerbook 500. I had used Patchburn to make the system/iTunes recognize the drive. Then I started having troubles burning disks in the latest OS/iTunes software. I uninstalled Patchburn, and now it works very well. Though I haven't tried it out with iDVD yet.

Mutant_Pie

iantm's picture
Offline
Last seen: 3 years 2 weeks ago
Joined: Apr 2 2005 - 14:01
Posts: 709
If it's a factory drive ...

it should work as such. I would recommend reinstalling your OS. As odd as it may seem, that may make all the difference in the world. Do an archive & restore.

bigd's picture
Offline
Last seen: 16 years 1 month ago
Joined: Sep 26 2006 - 17:03
Posts: 37
Thanks!

Yes! It is a factory drive and I installed the patchburn and it worked perfectly! Do you still think that I should reinstall the OS? This thing works great. I bought it off of eBay for $40 bucks! I just had to swap out the ribbon and back brace and front slot. Thanks again guys, you rock!

-D

Offline
Last seen: 1 year 2 months ago
Joined: Sep 23 2005 - 13:29
Posts: 316
if it works...

if i works with patchburn I wouldnt bother reinstalling unless you want to.

However, if you need patchburn, i would suggest that you perhaps are not running Tiger, which you may find that you enjoy. The only reason i see to reinstall would be if multiple things were wrong, or you wnated to upgrade to tiger.

gobabushka's picture
Offline
Last seen: 1 month 1 week ago
Joined: Apr 26 2004 - 16:30
Posts: 495
yea, it will definitly work,

yea, it will definitly work, especially if its an apple drive!

bigd's picture
Offline
Last seen: 16 years 1 month ago
Joined: Sep 26 2006 - 17:03
Posts: 37
ok..

I am running OS X 10.4.8 and installed the superdrive and then installed mactheripper. If i inserted a DVD it would not read the drive in mactheripper. It was a long shot, but I installed the patch after the suggestion here and it now reads the drive (which is an official apple part). So I am not going to touch it now. Anyone else have an idea as to why it is now reading the DVD drive? Was it a placebo effect or did the patch actually do something? Thanks again guys. Like I've always said, applefritter is the best and most knowledgeable at helping... you guys rock!

coius's picture
Offline
Last seen: 10 years 2 weeks ago
Joined: Aug 25 2004 - 13:56
Posts: 1975
have you update MTR?

have you checked to find an update for MacTheRipper? That might have solved your problems easily enough...

Log in or register to post comments