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powermac superdrive writting speed questions

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flyin3d

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Original poster
Jan 31, 2004
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Hilo, Hi.
Hi Guys,
I have three questions:
I have the first run Power Mac G5 from two years ago. I think it came with a 1X dvd writer and I was able to upgrade the firmware to 2x ( I kinda remember doing that). I notice it will not accept more recently purchaced media at 16x speed.

My questions are...
-How do I verify the speed it will write at?
-Can I make it write even faster?
-Do I have to use only 1x or 2x media? This is not as available anymore.

Thanks in advance.
 
mklos

mklos

macrumors 68000
Dec 4, 2002
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My house!
The original PowerMac G5's have a 4x SuperDrive (DVD-RW). Of course if you only have 1x Blank DVD's then it will only write at 1x no matter how fast your DVD Burner is.
 
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iEdd

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Aug 8, 2005
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You might want to buy a pioneer DVR-110 Burner and stick it in (10 min job, easy)... It will support up to 16x burn, although you might need patchburn for full support in some apps.
 
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