Combo drive support...

I just installed a combo CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive into my mac. When I try to burn a CD I get "Device not supported" message. Is there a driver I can install or update something? Or do I need to purchase a Mac friendly drive?
Thanks

Hi, mayor -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
The drive must be Mac compatible for burning. The website Accelerate Your Mac has a searchable compatibility data base of drives, showing that info and user comments -
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso
In addition, the optical drive on that model G4 should be jumpered as Master.

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David,
I am very sorry...I misread or misinterpreted the model powerbook you have. When you said you had a PB G3 400 Bronze, I thought you had the PB G3 400 FireWire with a bronze keyboard...I had just recently been trying to explain to someone why there is a 400 MHz Lombard with a bronze keyboard and a 400MHz Pismo with a bronze keyboard.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
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- Also try the 'c' key after the PRAM reset.
- One other key combo to boot a CD...press the 'delete-option-command-shift' keys on restart and hold until a startup volume is selected. This combo forces a bypass of the HD.
If you know someone with a Lombard or Pismo (FireWire), ask to borrow their CD or DVD drive for your install.
I don't know how successful a SCSI Disk Mode install will be. Be advised that the Lombard requires a working OS on the HD to successfully enter SCSI Disk Mode unlike earlier or later powerbooks. In addition, the Lombard requires a specific setting in the PowerBook SCSI Setup control panel:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25425
Also, here is an article on using SCSI Disk Mode:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=13611
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Like altero said, you're not using Toast properly... Follow these directions:
Suggest you create a disc image from iDVD and then burn the DVD. In iDVD: File/Save as Disc Image...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=164927
This will isolate any encoding/burning issues you may encounter. Once the disc image is created, double-click the .img and burn the virtual disc that should appear on your desktop, using Toast to burn the DVD. Disk Utility to burn the .img file. Usually, you can select a burning speed in Disk Utility.
There are variations to this process based on which OS X you are using...
Open Disk Utility (in Utilities folder in Applications folder), click on the virtual disc (maybe the .img) in the left-hand window. Click the Burn icon. A new window should drop down and your SuperDrive tray will open after clicking the Burn icon. Insert a recordable DVD. (Verbatim DVD-R preferred by me.) Click the Close button. Wait. Select a burn speed. If you hold your mouse cursor over the pop-up it says: "Select a slower speed to work around burn failures," so select 4x or slower for best results. Then click the Burn button.
-->If the virtual disk selection won't allow you to click the Burn icon, use the .img file instead. This may have changed in 10.3.9 and did change in Tiger.
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93006

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thanks
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MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-857:
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Last week I bought on eBay a used Power Mac G4 "Mirrored Drive Doors" 867 DP model, which arrived today. Unfortunately, the optical drive in the computer is apparently unable to recognize or read DVD discs, even though the specifications for this model indicate that the included optical drive is supposed to be a "Combo Drive" that reads DVDs as well as reading and writing CDs. I'm trying to determine whether the optical drive in this particular computer is original equipment, whether it is supposed to be able to read DVDs, whether it is malfunctioning, and whether I have reason to complain to the seller of the item.
The drive recognizes and reads a previously-burned CD-R just fine, but refuses to recognize either of two original Apple DVD-ROM discs that I've tested it with. System Profiler indicates that the drive is a Sony model CRX170E. Searching the Web, I've found that this model is indeed an OEM drive manufactured for Apple by Sony, but I haven't been able to determine conclusively the answers to the following questions:
(1) Is the Sony CRX170E the drive that was originally installed in this Mac model? (If not, then I'll need to ask the seller to explain how it got in there.)
(2) Is the Sony CRX170E in fact a Combo Drive, which should be able to read DVDs, or is it just a CD-only drive? (If it's a Combo Drive, then I'll have to troubleshoot its failure to recognize DVDs.)
Any help you could provide in answering these questions would be much appreciated.
For the record, here's a link to the eBay auction for this computer (including the item description, which clearly states that it comes with a Combo Drive, and that there are no hardware problems with the computer):
- http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200229689213
And here are links to the specs for this computer model, at EveryMac and Apple, respectively:
- http://tinyurl.com/23vavt
- http://support.apple.com/kb/SP63
Thanks,
~ Justin

Here are the details for the drive as displayed in System Profiler:
*SONY CD-RW CRX170E:*
Manufacturer: SONY
Model: SONY CD-RW CRX170E
Revision: 2.2d
Drive Type: CD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal
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Firmware Revision: A227
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Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
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Hi Steve,
No-one bothers with Combos these days as Superdrives (DVD burning) are quite cheap.
I replaced in my eMac a Combo, originally a Pioneer drive with a Pioneer Super DVD 109 8X DVD-R/RW drive from OWC. It works great.
The current model is a DVR - 115 D but is essentially the same and would suit your model.
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powermac/
Installing it was easy.
Remove the shell, and carefully disconnect the power wire.
Remove the screws that hold the optical drive, slide it out and install the new one.
No software drivers are needed.
regards roam

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