Mac Pro Superdrive

Hi, which is the brand and model that equips the Mac Pro?
many thanks

but my MBP spits them right back out!
You just gotta love those Matshita drives don't you!! :-/ I don't think I've come across one that's worked right.

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Unable to open Mac Pro Superdrive

I'm currently unable to open my superdrive on my Mac Pro and am looking for any tips on how to correct. I was thinking about installing a blu ray drive in my Mac Pro and had watched the proper instructions on how to accomplish this task. I had the drive installed on the bottom rack and decided to abandon the idea and just keep with the one drive. So, after putting everthing back where it should be (supposedly) I'm finding a misalingment on the hinged dust cover door that prevents my superdrive from opening at all (see photo). I'm at a loss on how to make an adjustment to correct this and was hoping someone might have some hint to share.
I've included pics that show the misalignment if it helps to demonstrate where the problem lies. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

yeah, alignment can be a pain. should be as easy as making ice, but somehow it isn't. Check to make sure the drive is fastened correctly into the sled on both sides. make sure that the sled hits all the pins as you slide it in. Make sure that the cable is tucked well out of the way and isn't stuck/binding on anything. there isn't a lip on the disc tray is there? I think there might be a screw on the side of the hinged door which might help or not--could be tight. looks to me like one side is a bit up and the other side isn't. may a little push in the right spot might help....
if you're still stuck I think there's online videos on how to put a drive into your Mac Pro which might help you out a bit
John b

DVD+R media and Mac Pro Superdrive?

Just ran out of DVD-R so I borrowed 20 TDK DVD+R. On my Mac Pro, Toast 7 reports "No recorder found".
Am I correct that only DVD-R and DVD-RW are supported?
Steve

What does your System Profiler say is compatible?
Click on the little Apple symbol in the upper left
hand corner of your desktop and go to About his mac
/More info /ATA
Firmwarerevisjon: DBN9
Sammenkobling: ATAPI
Støtte for brenning: Ja (levert/støttet av Apple)
Buffer: 2048 kB
Leser DVDer: Ja
CD-skriv: -R, -RW
DVD-skriv: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Brenn CD med underflytbeskyttelse: Ja
Brenn DVD med underflytbeskyttelse: Ja
Skrivestrategier: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Medium: Nei
Qurious? What does : TAO, SAO, DAO stand for?
Thankyou and merry seasons greetings from
Ivar.
Continue to walk with tiger! (What should I say when tiger grows spots?) 8)

Using 2 Identical SuperDrives with DVDSP in Mac Pro

Hello-
I recently installed 2 new identical Pioneer 118 Superdrives in my 2006 Mac Pro. In DVDSP, I'm having problems selecting a drive and burning discs. The Burn dialog box allows me to select either drive, but both have identical names. When the top one in the list is selected, sometimes the bottom tray will open; when I try to burn a disc there, it takes a long time for the burn to begin, and sometimes it will hang before finishing. I'm not sure if the Mac is having a tough time figuring out which drive is which because of the identical names.
I have both drives installed correctly, with Cable Select chosen on both. I wonder if there is way, anywhere, to rename the drives, or if this is the problem. The drives both read any kind of disc without problems, and I have burned discs on both, so they do work. I can also create disc images, which I can then burn in disc utility.
It just seems like DVDSP gets confused because the drives are identical. Should I get a different model or brand of drive to replace one, or is there another way to straighten this out?
Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

Thanks for the response; I've been trying a few things today, and they seem to be working now. Both drives show up in DVDSP with identical names; when I select the upper name, the lower tray opens, and I can burn the disc. Selecting the lower name results in the upper tray opening, and again I can successfully burn.
In Toast, both names also appear and I can burn to both drives (haven't tried two discs at once, yet), although the names/trays are correctly oriented in Toast.
What I do notice is that these drives (New Pioneer 118s) take an extra minute or so before burning begins (in DVDSP only, so again, this might be a name recognition issue), and are noisier while burning.
I wonder if switching to the master/slave setup would improve anything.

How can I buy an new Superdrive for my mac pro without having to take my computer to a apple store?????

I have a Mac Pro and my optical drive is not working anymore.Thus, I went to the online store to buy another one.
Surprisingly, the only one I found was the macbook air (external) superdive.
I did not buy it online on that day. However, I went to the Apple Retail Store in Sydney to buy another external hard drive and asked to one of the costumer supports in red if the "macbook air" superdrive would work in any mac. The answer: YES!!! So, I got one. When I was paying the products I asked to the other "red mac guy" the same question... Again, the answer was YES!!!
So... Do these costumer support guys have any training. It is written in the box that requires a macbook air... That's why I asked for two different guys!!! Why did they say YES???
Ok! Lets not put the fault on the red guys... So I ask Apple:
Why apple does not make a external superdrive for pros?? Or one that works for all macs!!
or simply
Why can't we buy internal superdrives anymore? Neither the online store or the retail store sell them anymore!!!
How do I solve my problem? I have to waste my time, making an appointment and taking my Mac Pro to a apple store and wait untill all iphone user in the line learn how to send their photos to their facebook??
It is really strange how apple is leaving the pro costumers behind to become a ipad and iphone industry!
Let do not forget that mac only is where it is now becouse of the pros who made it name and did not leave it die.

You know you don't have to buy a replacement dvd drive from apple. For example, take a look at OWC's selection.
You don't say what year your mac pro is so I use a 2008 as an example. On that page click the little picture that shows a 2008 mac pro. That will take you to this page. And there's an example of a Lite-On drive.
In addition, on the right side of that page are links to instructional videos on how to add the drive to your machine. Click, for example, Optical, med (medium) and you will see how straight forward it is to change the optical drive.

Can I add a DVD-104 superdrive to Mac Pro

I want to add a DVD-104 superdrive to the second bay of my mac pro. Will it work? Do I have to move any of the jumpers on the drive. The first bay already has the 16x superdrive that came with the computer.
Thanks,
Gary

Additionally, be sure to remove all the approriate bezels from the drive as it will otherwise not fit. You need to pay particular attention to the one that's on the end of the tray itself as it's easily missed.

2nd SuperDrive for Mac Pro

Has anyone found where to buy a 2nd SuperDrive.
My Mac Pro has the Sony DVD DW-D150A, so I guess I would want to stick with that one rather than the Pioneer.
Thx

Hi everyone, just a simple question:
To add the second Optical drive, should you set it
as
Cable or Slave?
Thnx already
Apple ships the OEM optical drive in the New Mac Pro
with the jumpers set to Cable Select as default
(anticipating a second optical drive will be
installed). All you have to do is set the second
optical drive also to Cable Select and you should be
on your way. If that doesn't work, just reset the
already installed OEM ( Sony) drive in the Mac Pro to
Master, and then set your new additional opticals
drives to Slave. If that doesn't work for you, then
switch the drives and reset then both to Cable
Select, and if neccessary to Master/Slave...Good luck!
You can't go wrong with a Master-Slave setting. Just be sure that when you're moving the jumps to really study the graphic on the drive or in the manual. You won't hurt anything if you do it wrong, it just won't work.
The Mac that I use doesn't support cable select, so I'm a bit unfamiliar with how drives work these days in the Mac Pro. Master-Slave is the best option since that will obviously work.

Can I use a USB superdrive DVD reader/writer with a mac pro?

The internal CD/DVD read/writer in my macpro (2 x 2.66 ghz dual-core xeon) broke, so I purchased an external USB superdrive, thinking I could use it as an external drive. It does nothing when plugged into the mac pro, I cant even insert a disk. It seems to not even have power.
Anyway I now see the device (superdrive) is intended for a macbook air or mac mini.
Am I toast? Is there no way I can get this thing to work with the mac pro?
I dont think I can return it, I've already discarded all the packaging.
Thanks for any advice.

I agree it would not take a lot of time, 2 minutes perhaps for the world record holder, for me more like 10 perhaps, not including the time involved in purchasing the drive, figuring out how to recycle the old broken one that comes out, etc.
However the key point is that if I can get this drive to work, the cost will be $0, as I've already paid for it. So I would be most interested in doing that, if possible. If it's not possible, then I'll have no choice to pay $30 or however much, for a new one.

Issues reading and burning with superdrive (mac pro 1.1)

I am starting to experience a very annoying issue: the superdrive in my mac pro started to get bonk; not reading dvd that i burned some time ago with nero on pc; then it started to cause issues while burning with any software (finder, disk utility, toast on mac, and also nero and clonecd using parallels and bootcamp.
The drive in my machine is a IDE Optiarc AD-7170A (that should be either a NEC or a Sony; but either firmware is not recognized by the drive)
The media that i am using are MEmorex -R and DL +R; both of them were working just fine earlier ( i do not burn anything since 6-7 months ago).
Now this is what happens: I get errors while burning, but not while doing the simulation; the error appear at any speed (tried 2X and up); and i tried with ISO images, DMG, just dragging stuff from my desktop and the result is the same: no writing and error message right after the lead-in (i assume; since it stays on lead-in on toaster).
Using bootcamp and vista, with Nero; I get a calibration error; and if i use the built in feature to burn data in vista, i get an error too.
Now; I would give a shot to another brand of media (verbatim? TDK?); but the fact that i cannot burn anything in any OS with any software would be a clear sign that something is wrong either on the drive or on the firmware; hence my request of help to anyone that experienced this issue
- i cannot update the firmware (that i see as 1.N8); tried to go on the sony and nec sites and download their windows utility but no luck....the drive is not recognized; so i wonder if Apple has no way to let us update a firmware, what is the point of buying a superdrive instead of a normal dvd burner?
- if my drive is broken....can i buy any dvd-rw drive and stick it in my mac pro?
thanks for the help!

Thanks for the suggestion; I've installed a new dvd drive and now seems that everything is working fine!
I've also cleaned the old drive, taking it apart, and now at least i can use it as spare to read and burn in case that the new one would not work.

Question for Mac Pro owners w/Pioneer DVR-112D superdrive: what firmware?

For those whose Mac Pro came pre-installed with the Pioneer DVR-112D superdrive, what firmware revision is it running?
The reason I'm asking is that I have an aftermarket 112D, bought from OWC, that I purchased for it's rip/burn speed advantage over the pokey, possibly riplock crippled, Sony DW-150A that came with my Mac Pro. This advantage was indeed gained, but at the expense of living with some quirkiness with the drive, namely the "two-ejects required" problem discussed here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...highlight=112D
This quirkiness has gotten worse since the latest Mac Pro EFI firmware update on 09/27/07. Now if I'm watching a movie from a DVD in the 112D tray, any extended pause (and by extended I only mean more than a minute or so) causes an unrecoverable error in DVD Player and I'm forced to restart the DVD Player and restart the movie.
My suspicion is that this all has something to do with some (overzealous?) power management feature in Mac OS X that's not playing nice with the existing 112D firmware (I'd be interested in hearing any other plausible theories).
Currently, my 112D firmware is at revision 1.06. There a number of updated firmware revisions for the 112D circulating on the internet, PC centric, of course and mostly related to disabling region-locking etc.
I'd like to match my 112D firmware to whatever Mac Pro owners with a 'bona-fide' 112D enjoy, if it's publicly available somewhere.
Thanks.

Forrest McElfresh1 wrote:
The latest Pioneer DVR-112D/212D OEM firmware is v. 1.22 dated august 7, 2007. My general practice is to Avoid Apple firmware on OEM drives, it often disables features and is most infrequently updated.
My 112D is at version 1.21. Over the years I have successfully updated the firmware in my Pioneers using the Terminal app DVRFlash. But DVRFlash doesn't support the 112 or 111 series (yet). I wondered how you had updated to 1.22. I know it can be done by connecting to a PC, (which includes Bootcamp, but not Parallels) but I don't have ready access to a PC. At the moment I am waiting for Leopard before going Bootcamp way.
Any advice?
Hope this isn't hijacking the thread.
Mike

SuperDrives are backwards (Early-2009 Mac Pro)

Greetings:
I have two SuperDrives installed in my Early-2009 Mac Pro. When I hit the eject button the bottom tray comes out, option + eject brings out the top tray. When I burn things in Disk Utility the OS refers to the physically located bottom drive as "Upper SuperDrive".
I know it's not a huge issue, but I'm wondering if its an easy fix?
I popped the side panel off and checked the SATA/Power connections. Since that cable is pretty tightly wrapped the connectors can only go in one way (the little extended one has to go on the bottom drive).
So I figured the coonnectors on the motherboard are probably backwards.
Are they easy to get to? Or is this a huge pain and not worth it?
Thanks!
- D

It does. Initially I thought I could reverse them, but they're so tightly bundled that they won't reach that way.
- D

Anyone know if the new Mac Pro's Superdrive supports LightScribe ?

LightScribe ?
I ask as some people have indicated that the SuperDrive is an LG brand who typically support LightScribe. Thanks...

Doesn't. Downloaded the LightScribe software and just tried it with a spare LightScribe disc to no avail.
My SuperDrive in my new Nehalem Mac Pro is
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GH41N

Cannot boot from Superdrives on my Mac Pro!!

Hello,
So I tried to boot last night from my Disk Warrior CD in order to do a maintenance check.
I hold C key but in vain after a couple of minutes I get the black screen/freeze with the message to restart holding power button.
Today, I tried to install Leopard on my external firewire drive and when the Mac restarted I got the same result.......freeze.
I tried both Superdrives.......same result, verified connections etc..... no dice.
I run the latest Leopard 10.5.3 in a first edition Mac Pro Dual 2.66 with 13GB RAM and 3 hard drives.
What bugs me is the fact that while holding or not the C key, after a couple of minuted I hear the ''click'' that you hear when you shut down the Mac Pro. It is like the Mac is shutting off but still runs for a few minutes before giving me the black screen.
This means I cannot boot anything anymore on my Mac Pro.
Please help me, any deas, what should I try doing.
The 2 Superdrives are Pioneer 111D and 112D......one is master the other on cable select.
Thank you.

Flocarino wrote:
Another Surprise: I tried to boot from the original Mac Pro Install Discs, result: it crashes even faster.
Well that's a BUMMER You've got a hardware problem somewhere and it's time for 'Hit or Miss' Tactics to find it
First things First. Follow Theses Steps ...
Step 1) Can you boot from the hard drive with both 'Superdrives' plug in and empty?
If your answer is NO Goto Step 7.
Step 2) Check the 'Superdrives' from the 'System Profiler' -> 'Hardware' -> 'ATA Bus'. Does it list BOTH Drives?
If your answer is NO Goto Step 7.
Step 3) Is the TOP drive 'Unit Number: 0' (Zero) and the BOTTOM drive 'Unit Number: 1'.
If your answer is NO Goto Step 7.
Step 4) Can you 'Mount' a CD/DVD to the 'Desktop' from both drives?
If your answer is NO Goto Step 7.
Step 5) Can you 'REBOOT' the 'Install DVD' from the 'Desktop'?
If your answer is NO Goto Step 7.
Step 6) Happy Days Are Here Again. Stop Here.
Step 7) 'DON'T PANIC!
Step 8) Open case and remove the 'Superdrive' bay. The 'Original' drive should be in the TOP bay with the END OF the 'Ribbon' cable plugged in to it. This 'Ribbon' cable and the 'Superdrive' should have a 'NOTCH' and can ONLY be plugged in a certain way. Set the 'Drive Select' jumper to 'Master'. Unplug the 'Ribbon' and 'Power' cable from the 'BOTTOM Superdrive'.
Step 9) Repeat Steps 1 thru 5 and if you make it to Step 6, Repeat Step 8 using the 'BOTTOM Superdrive'.
Step 10) Hmm, both 'Superdrives' WORK by themselves but NOT together So connect the TOP drive back as in Step 8 and connect the BOTTOM drive but change the BOTTOM drive's 'Jumper' to 'Slave'. Leave the TOP drive set to 'Master'.
Step 11) Repeat Steps 1 thru 5 and if you DO NOT make it to Step 6 then I'll need more information from your 'Console Error Logs'.
End Of Steps ............................................................................... .................................
Not relevant to you problem BUT did you change your VIDEO CARD?
Buzz
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USB superdrive not working with Mac Pro

Is there a trick to getting a USB Superdrive working with a Macpro?
The drive in the Macpro no longer ejects and have tried connecting the USB drive to both the front and back ports - does it not work with Mac Pros?
Any pointers in the right direction would be much appreciated.

I had a problem my superdrive. It would play dvd's and cd's that were already burnt but would not burn blank DVDs or CDs- in the recent past it had no problems burning. In addition, the Finder would not display the superdrive. When I put a blank disc in it would go to Disk Utilities and would not allow burning. With help from Apple I discovered the problem-- The settings in CDS & DVDs had been changed from When you insert a blank DVD/CD "Ask what to do to to "GO to Disk Utilities". If this sounds like your problem try changing the settings to this:
Try going to; System Preferences/ CDs & DVDs
Change these two settings to this:
When you insert a blank CD: Ask what to do
When you insert a blank DVD: Ask what to do
NOTE: If they are already set to this you probably have a different problem. If they are set to Go to Disk Utilitiy this is probably a solution.
And
Then go to Finder Preferences
Make sure that under "Show these items on desktop:" that the checkbox for CDs, DVDs, and iPods is checked.
Try to burn the DVD again (reload Disc- perhaps restart) and try again.
Don't know how these setting changed but they did. It worked for me.
Message was edited by: pj176

SATA superdrive in a 2009 Mac Pro?

My Mac Pro (purchased in 2009) currently has a Sony Optiarc AD-7170A superdrive connected via an ATAPI interface. Is it possible to install a SATA superdrive in the other CD bay?

Hello Grant and Matt,
It seems that, although Eugene purchased his Mac Pro in 2009, it might not be a 2009 Nehalem model, because there was no 8-Core 2.8Ghz (2 x 2.8GHZ quad-core) in the range.
The 8-Core Nehalems were available only in 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz and 2.93GHz.
If Eugene has the model prior to the Nehalem, then the lower optical drive bay will not be pre-wired with SATA and power cables, and he will have to "go fishing around on the motherboard for a spare connector".
Regards,
Bill

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