Apple DVD firmware?

Hi All,
I decided to upgrade combo drive in my MacBook to superdrive. I purchased on ebay the MATSHITA DVD+-RW UJ-857G drive.
It arrive in perfect condition, with label very similar to the one from my current drive, which include Apple logo and notice, that was manufactured to Apple standards (exactly the same as on my combo drive). I would assume it has Apple firmware so.
However, when i installed it in my macbook, for some reason i'm getting "Generic Drive Support" for burning, rather than "Apple", as I had with my combo drive. I read that this could happen if drive's firmware is not apple.
Does anyone have any idea what can I do?

I have the same problem. Just wondering if you found a solution? (see below
This will make you laugh. I ran over my mac book pro in My Wife's car! Amazingly it all worked fine apart from the optical drive.
However whilst the drive was still broken I upgraded from Tiger to Leopard.
Now I have replaced the drive but the new optical drive UJ-857G will play CDs and normal DVDs but will not play dual layer DVD films. As far as I can tell I have the most up to date firmware but I have pasted in my system details below. Any help most gratefully received. Thanks in advance, Mike (in Ireland)
Hardware Overview:
Model Name: MacBook Pro 15"
Model Identifier: MacBookPro2,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.16 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 4 MB
Memory: 1.5 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP22.00A5.B07
SMC Version: 1.12f5
Serial Number: W87151BRW0G
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-857G:
Firmware Revision: ZQ0T
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 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, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

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