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
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
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.
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
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.
yea, it will definitly work, especially if its an apple drive!
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!
have you checked to find an update for MacTheRipper? That might have solved your problems easily enough...