Pioneer superdrive problems / flashing firmware

I hope someone can help me. I have an alu imac 2007 and after 13 months (and without extended applecare) the dvd drive packed in. I got it replaced by a local apple agent, but i supplied the drive myself, a new pioneer dvr ka06 from a macbook. Here is the problem. The drive works fine but the dvd has to be pushed all the way in to actually take the disk, its a massive pain. I assume that it is set up like this as the drive is closer to the edge of the case in the macbook compared to the imac. According to pioneer the firmware may be the problem. The firmware on the new drive is q609, and on the old drive is q624. Is there any way to flash or update the drive to solve this problem or does anyone else have any ideas.

It depends (obviously) on how Pioneer flashes the firmware. Some drives can flash on a disc that has the update on it, others require a program run (usually PC based) to trigger the update sequence.
I'd spend some time on the Pioneer site and maybe call their support... RTFM?

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Recently I has to restore my ipod mini, and then after had to try and add software. When I went to plug it into the wall, it didn't recognize the power outlet and now all it does is flash between the apple icon and the plug icon. I have many times tried to restore it again, but all it does is flash between the two icons. WHY WON'T IT WORK?!? Someone please help me, I'm suffering from music withdrawal!

It depends (obviously) on how Pioneer flashes the firmware. Some drives can flash on a disc that has the update on it, others require a program run (usually PC based) to trigger the update sequence.
I'd spend some time on the Pioneer site and maybe call their support... RTFM?

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Some months back, I posted some discussion about iMac superdrives. Mine wouldn't burn properly (or so I thought) and then wouldn't read properly. As it transpired, upgrading the RAM from 256 to 768mb cured the playback. DVD's, where the playback appeared jilted (stop and start) now read okay. I can only assume there was not enough memory to buffer the content of the DVD to play.
On the Superdrive, eventually it wouldn't even read CD's. So my local tech <metek.com.au> fitted a new Pioneer 16x and downloaded <patchburn.de> and voila. It burns and reads DVD's like new.
One point, it will read at 16x but only burn at 1x. This is due to the hardware in the iMac. The Patchburn site has more details.
The Pioneer drive (DVD-RW DVR-110D) cost a shade over A$100.00 whereas the Apple replacement was a down payment for a house. So for anyone suffering from Superdrive problems, accept the fact they don't read forever and fit a new one.
Another thing Rik <macmate.com.au> said was the dust inside the machine builds up on one side of an iMac and is a poor environment for optical drives My computer is on everyday and from now-on-in I'II give it an annual clean. Hope this helps someone, James

That may help, I hope! Will go tomorrow to get different media. But the wierd thing is in a 50 spindle of memorex 16x dvd-r's i've gone through (burned) half the spindle!!! a week and a half ago! bought some "new" sony 1x-16x "ACCUCORE" discs and havent got one burned in either Toast 7 or 8! or using a burn folder or disk utility.
Toast will start to prepare the burn, then it gives me a message that it couldnt complete the burn.
The odd thing is in all occurances is the drive doesnt even start to spin-up! Took it to my local MacMall Thursday and they replaced the drive and was able to burn 1 data disk on 1 dvd+r media (a 500k file) on a disk that was already kinda beat up. No -r though. A new error message came up: Mac os error. They claim it's a software problem with osx!
I have 55 days of applecare left and intend to let them replace the drive again and reload fresh tiger.
I did an archive/reinstall of Tiger today and nothing, again! (so i'm currently at 10.4.6 - will hold off on the 10.4.9 updates for now)
Will head out and get media in the morning and see what's up, if nothing i'm off to MacMall!!!
oh here's my sys specs for the sony drive:
SONY DVD RW DW-U21A:
Firmware Revision: AADB
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
its in a dual 2g G5 with 1g ram, 160g internal, 600g and 250g ext lacie triple xtreme drives on the fw800 port and a 45g vst fw drive plugged into the front fw port.
we'll see mañana………………
Craig V Butler

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Hi,
Apple Care kindly replaced my faulty Superdrive, which was a Panasonic. The new drive is a Pioneer one:
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What sounds odd is that the old drive, as far as I know, supported DVD +R. Could somebody, who still has the original Panasonic drive, go to "About this Mac" and send me the Tech Specs via this thread.
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Jurgen

Hi Jürgen,
Yep. It does appear that your new Pioneer SuperDrive has limited DVD-Write capabilities. I have the Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-K04L (presumably the previous version to your new drive) that shipped on my computer and it seems to have a wider range. Here are the specs:
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-K04L:
Firmware Revision: D441
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Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2000 KB
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Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
Strange. Hope this helps, though.
Cheers,
Steve.

Problem: Flash update on Mac OS 10.411

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Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:50:49 -0700
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Subject: Problem: Flash update on Mac OS 10.411
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I have the same problem!
I also have mac osx 10.4.11(intel) and was asked to upgrade to the latest flash player...but when I did, suddenly couldn't load/watch any videos.
Tried the same things you did, to no avail (uninstalled and installed flash player 10.3 over and over, and still nothing)..it's as if i didn't install it when I did.
And because of my os version, can't avail of the archived flash players on this site
Help please!
I tried fixing my Safari preferences but still doesn't work.
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Problem Flash Player bei IE 11 mit HP Solution Center+Datei Flash.ocx

Hallo
ich versuche ein für mich sehr schwieriges und komplexes Problem zu lösen und bitte um Tipps oder Hilfe.
Gerät: Notebook / Windows 8.1 - früher Vista....und HP Drucker und ich bitte um Entschuldigung für die lange und komplexe Schilderung
da ich schon mit sehr langen und wiederholt fehlgeschlagenen Lösungsversuchen und Suchen in diversen und HP Forum
recht ratlos bin.
Ausgangspunkt als zeitliche Folge von Ursache und Wirkung kann ich schlecht rekonstruieren. Entweder hängt es damit zusammen, dass ich ausser Chrome und IE noch Firefox Browser installierte bzw. auch das letzte neues Software-Treiber- Update von HP installiert wurde oder auch nach einem Microsoft Update KB 3001237 vom 16.10.
Das Problem zeigte sich vordergründig im fehlerhaften Aufrufen des HP Solution Centers meines All in One Druckers Officejet 6500 E709a.Ein Fehlerprogrammbild namens HPdirec. exe gibt die Fehlermeldung aus: '
C....Windows System 32\ Macromed\ Flash\Flash.ocx ist entweder nicht für die Ausführung unter Windows vorgesehen oder enthält einen Fehler. Installieren Sie das Programm mit den Originalinstallationsmedien erneut oder wenden Sie sich ...an Ihren Systemadministrator oder Softwarelieferanten..
Im nur starr auftauchendem schwarzem Solution Fenster heisst es 'dass die auf Ihrem Computer installierte Version des Flash Players nicht mit dem Internet Explorer verwendet werden kann.'
Dann Link-Hinweis auf Adresse Adobe usw.
Dort wird mir aber lediglich nach mehreren Klicks mitgeteilt, dass der Flash Player bereits im IE integriert bzw. installiert sei.
und wenn ich doch hartnäckig und laienhaft versucht habe ,einen Adobe Flash Player ausfindig zu machen und downgeloaded hatte und ihn dann installieren wollte, entpuppte es sich als nicht installierbar bzw. das KB-Update von Microsoft (siehe oben)
In den AddOns des IE finde ich unter Name 'nicht verfügbar' und Herausgeber 'nicht verfügbar' lediglich einen 'Shockwave Flash Objekt' als aktiviert - kein weiteres AddOn und unter Sicherheit ist kein Haken bei AktiveX-Filterung...
Unter dem Ordner C...... Windows\System32\Macromedia\Flash finde ich
nur
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FlashInstall.log
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aber nirgendwo ist dort und auch (Suche gestartet) im C:\Laufwerksverzeichnis die oben in der Fehlermeldung angegebene Datei Flash.ocx zu finden.
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die Meldung tauchte auch woanders auf. Ich habe nach unendlich vielen Versuchen mit Deinstallation, Installation - IE Deaktivierung - Aktivierung drei Cleaner Tools laufen lassen in der Hoffnung, dass durch Bereinigung alter oder fehlerhafter Registry Einträge das Problem von alleine resetten würde.
Und ausgerechnet bei dem Tool Wise Registry Cleaner tauchte die gleiche Fehlermeldung auf wie oben nur mit einer anderen Bezeichnung vor dem .EXE - und im Hintergrund als zunächst starres Bild die Umrisse vom Menü des Tools.
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1. Re: Problem Flash Player bei IE 11 mit HP Solution Center+Datei Flash.ocx
玩玩无聊 2014-11-6 下午11:49 （回复 ackibaun）
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Does Apple Plan To Help Anybody w/ Their SuperDrive Problems

I see a lot of questions from people who spent good money for a superdrive and are unable to use it BUT NO ANSWERS. Does apple even read these forums? This is totally unacceptable. I want all the possible answers to all SuperDrive Problems NOW. Get on it, Apple. Stop making new ipods and start helping people with the broken junk that you gave them in exchange for hard cold cash.

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That being said there are a couple of things that you must understand.
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1. Re: Problem Flash Player bei IE 11 mit HP Solution Center+Datei Flash.ocx
玩玩无聊 2014-11-6 下午11:49 （回复 ackibaun）
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