I have problen with my optiarc dvd rw ad-5630a
i have problen with my optiarc dvd rw ad-5630a
You don't specify any problem, but try a cleaner CD, then different media.
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Optiarc DVD RW AD-5630A problem
I have a problem with my iMac. It reads dvds just fine but it doesn't read any cds. I've tried to use different brands of blank cds and also I tried to put in several audio cds, it doesn't read them. There's a sound like it is starting reading it, then it repeats several times and the the disk just ejects. Everything was working fine before.
Any suggestions?I too am having trouble playing DVDs burned with my Optiarc drive. Sorry I don't have the solution, but I can add a data point to the story about problems with DVDs burned with Optiarc.
My current hardware: mid-2007 24" iMac, built-in Optiarc DVD RW AD-5630A with firmware 1AHM / MMC-3.
My scenario: after making home movies with iMovie '08 and iDVD '08, I either burn to DVD (TDK 16x DVD-R 4.7 GB) straight from iDVD or I save as disc image from iDVD and then burn the disc image from Toast 9. In either scenario, I can play the DVD on my iMac or any other Mac or Windows computer. However, it will not play on my Xbox (original Xbox, not the 360) because it freezes when trying to mount (sometimes the Xbox will not recognize the disc as a DVD, and sometimes it will begin mounting the disc and then freeze before displaying the title menu).
Before I bought my new iMac, I had the same workflow on an older 2003 17" G4 iMac that has a Sony DVD burner, and those discs play fine on all DVD players including my Xbox. To test the hypothesis that something happened to my Xbox around the time that I upgraded to my mid-2007 24" iMac, I burned several DVDs using my older iMac, and they continue to mount and play fine on the Xbox. On both my older and newer iMac, I have Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard installed, same version of Toast 9, and I burn at the slowest speed (2x) on both. So it seems that the problem can be isolated to the Optiarc DVD burner, but I'm not sure if there are other factors at play here.
I searched the Optiarc site (www.sonynec-optiarc.com) but could not find a firmware update for the AD-5630A. However, I did find this site via Google:
Liggy's and Dee's modified NEC and Optiarc firmwares
http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-5630A/
Because I was not sure about the site's reputation or validity of the firmware, I have not tried it yet. -
I can't burn more than x2 with my iMac 24" 2,8Ghz and Toast 8.0.3 (OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5630A)
The read is very slow too.
If anyone can help me. Thanks.There's a possibility this is a drive firmware issue in concert with the specific discs you are using. Insert a blank disc and choose Disc Info from Toast's Recorder menu. In the window that appears there is a link to a Web site where users report their experience with specific media. You may find that the discs you have aren't highly regarded.
Optical drives burn slowly at the start (near the disc's center) and speed up as they move toward the outer edge. However, if the drive is having difficulty with the media it continues to burn slowly to reduce the number of errors.
I recommend getting some Verbatim discs to test. Most drives have their firmware tweaked to work well with Verbatim media. I'm not familiar with Optiarc as a company but if they have a Web site maybe there is info there about specific brands of discs that their drives are tested to support. -
Help!!. I am missing my Optiarc DVD RW AD-5630A drive
I am missing my Optiarc DVD RW AD-5630A Drive in Bootcamp. Should I reinstall WINDOWS? What should I do? Thanks
You don't specify any problem, but try a cleaner CD, then different media.
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i have just made my apple id. i have made this for itunes. after making my account i have problem with the review payment information as i do not use any credit cards and there is no option like NONE in review payment information. what should i do now? to proceed further? plz help me!
How did you create the account ? If you followed the instructions on this page when creating it then you should have got the 'none' option : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534
e.g. on a computer's iTunes, if currently signed into an account then you logged out of it, and you then found a free app in the store and clicked on its free 'price' :
And then clicked on 'create Apple id' on the popup :
When I tried that process to create an account a few days ago I got the 'none' option on the payment details screen.
If you didn't use that process then you will need to create a new account using it (the instructions won't work with an existing account). -
Issues with Superdrive: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H
So, while burning a DVD via DVDSP, I heard the disc STOP.... and then start back up again. Seven times in fact.
Checking it on an external player, I noticed it SKIPPED several times...
Locally trouble-shot, and burned to an external burner - no problems.
Anyone else having issues with this? This thing is brand new, had it less than a month.Newer optical drives have a physical block to prevent insertion of a disk in a failed drive. You'll most likely need to have the drive replaced. The failures that trigger the "fence" to activate are, for the most psrt, not user-fixable.
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Any suggestions are most definitely welcome! Do you think it would be worth it or would I be better off going with an external? Thanks!
If your optical drive doesn't work, take your computer to an Apple Store and they'll change it for another optical drive. That's the safest way because you can't modify the iMac (except the keyboard, mouse and RAM)
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I was having problems burning DVDs' from iDVD and it turned out my burner is at fault.
I have a 27 inch iMac using a OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H. Where can I buy a replacement in UK? I have seen these with SATA is this the correct cable for my mac?
I have also tried the Mac superdrive but my imac wont recognise it as it's been configured for macbook air and mini mac. I know I can "make" it work by doing something or other in com.apple/plist, but dont want to mess about in there.
I'm also told an external drive would work but does "mac compatible" mean only for air and mini as their own superdrive is or all macs?
Any help appreciated before I convince myself mac is no better than windows pc!Thanks but this didn't really help.
I can buy the drives at a dozen places but none of them seem to know what connection is correct (SATA etc) and that includes the apple store. It was the store who told me buy the superdrive and all my problems would be over. Wrong! It isn't recognised by imac as it's confifured for air and mini mac. Only way to make it work is as i said in earlier post. (Would you be happy buying a car you were told would start and then discover you have to open the bottome and fiddle to make it go?)
The apple store I would not even consider taking it to. Days without the pc, over priced and don't have a good reputation for actually fixing things!
But thanks -
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A issues with reading DL DVDs
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know, that after unsuccsesful lens cleanings I did the fw flash.
I have a MacPro3.1 on 10.5.8 OSX. I used the http://liggydee.cdfreaks.com/page/en/Optiarc-AD-7170A/ 102cbt_rpc1.bin bin file for flashing the drive. And flashed it with the http://binflash.cdfreaks.com/ Binflash utility within the terminal.
Here are the results:
BEFORE FLASH
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A:
Firmware Revision: 1.NC
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: DVD+R DL
ID: MKM 003
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: Yes
Write Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x
AFTER FLASH
Optiarc DVD RW AD-7170A:
Firmware Revision: 1.02
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, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Type: DVD+R DL
ID: MKM 003
Blank: No
Erasable: No
Overwritable: No
Appendable: No
Now everything works! Shame on the Apple, that users have to solve Apple's problems on their own...I've been trying with the above mentioned tools to no avail. I keep getting a 'command not found' reply in terminal. I've double clicked on the Binflash utility and it listed the commands in terminal
Last login: Wed Nov 7 11:17:26 on ttys001
macpro-5:~ #########$ /Users/########/Downloads/necflash ; exit;
Binflash - NEC version - (C) by Liggy and Herrie
Visit http://binflash.cdfreaks.com
Usage:
necflash {-scan} [-v]
necflash {-dump} [-v] [-s] {filename} {device}
necflash {-flash} [-v] [-s] {filename} {device}
necflash {-identify} [-s] {device} {Filename}
necflash {-querybt} {device}
necflash {-setbt} {Mediatype} {Booktype} {Temp|Perm} {device}
necflash {-setbtrw} {Booktype} {Device}
necflash {-clearbt} {device}
necflash {-queryrpc} {device}
necflash {-resetrpc} {device} {Vendor|Global}
necflash {-version}
-scan - Scan for supported devices
-dump - Dump firmware and write to file
-flash - Flash firmware and write to file
-identify - Identify unknown drives
-querybt - Query booktype information
-setbt - Change booktype settings
-setbtrw - Change booktype on current DVD+RW disc
-clearbt - Clear booktype settings and counter
-queryrpc - Query region status
-resetrpc - Reset region counter on RPC2 drives
-version - Display version information
-v - Verbose mode
-s - Skip disclaimer
logout
[Process completed]
and said logout. I logged out and in again and tried the commands with the below results.
macpro-5:~ ####### necflash {-scan} [-v]
-bash: necflash: command not found
What am I doing wrong?
Cheers
Lars
MacPro 3,1
OPTIARC DVD RW AD-7170A:
Firmware Revision: 1.NC
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose File > Refresh Information -
How do I get DVD for the Windows 7 that should have come with my new laptop please
This is my first message here so please bear with me. I have just bought a new Lenovo Essentials B570 laptop which has come with Windows 7 pre-installed. Previously I used to buy Dell laptops which used to come with OS Re-installation DVDs which check to see if they are being installed on the hardware it was bought for but would allow us to install the OS on a new hard disk if the original one crashed. Now Lenovo seems to be using a very complicated method to allow buyer's to re-install the OS - they are expected to retain the same hard disk - but what happens is the hard disk crashes and one wants to install the OS along with all the drivers? The Dell DVD allows me to do precisely that. Can I create a similar disk to install the OS on a new hard disk as and when I want/need it please? I have created two sets of DVDs using the OKR software - one set using the 'system presently on disk' and another set for 'resetting to factory defaults' - but from what I have read on these forums these OKR disks would not work if I put a completely new hard disk. So at least if I can get hold of the correct version of the Windows DVD - as I have paid for the license I would be very grateful. Thank you.
Solved!
Go to Solution.yigit wrote:
http://forum.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/How-to-create-quot-Factory-Default-Recovery-Dis...
Thanks for the quick reply.
But to me this looks more like a OKR solution and I have already created these Factory Reset discs.
Will these discs work if I have installed a completely new hard disk in the dive? Because that is what I would need to do in the rare event that I have a complete hard disk failure.
What is confusing is the fact that on these forums, I find many messages which indicate that the OKR solution would work only with the original hard disk and it would not work with a completely new hard disk and also that the OKR itself would not be able to change partitions on the hard disk - even when it is the original hard disk. To me this means any disks that are created using the OKR would be useless when the original hard disk has undergone severe change or a completely new hard disk is in its place. Correct me if I am wrong. (In fact I am hoping that I am wrong in that assumption.)
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Hello,
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
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We just want to use the 2011 iMac as a big expensive FW Optical drive, it cannot be installed osing the 2011 iMac itself. -
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