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[BigJohno]

Ok so Iv hit the limit of my region code for my dvd drive and Apple said they can't do anything about it. So do you guys know if I reinstall osx would that reset the region code? I don't want to do it but I dont know any other option.

Second question is if I reinstall osx can I just hold down option key and make itunes see my old files and playlist?

Thanks

 

[DoFoT9]

a reinstall WILL NOT help it out, its a hardware issue.

try downloading region X to see if that can help you out (probably wont bceause youve reached your limit).

im afraid you might be stuck.

if you reinstall osx, make sure you do an "archive and install". this will preserve all of your music, documents, user settings etcetc.

 

[BigJohno]

a reinstall WILL NOT help it out, its a hardware issue.

try downloading region X to see if that can help you out (probably wont bceause youve reached your limit).

im afraid you might be stuck.

if you reinstall osx, make sure you do an "archive and install". this will preserve all of your music, documents, user settings etcetc.

Would I just have to put a new dvd drive in?

 

[DoFoT9]

Would I just have to put a new dvd drive in?

tht would do the trick. bloody expensive though!!

 

[hiddenpremise]

To the best of my knowledge the only way to fix this would be to flash firmware, which is extremely dangerous if you don't know what you're doing.

 

[BigJohno]

I dont understand has no one ever had this happen. How does someone go about fixing this???

 

[DoFoT9]

I dont understand has no one ever had this happen. How does someone go about fixing this???

because people arent silly enough to let this happen. once you set the region code your not supposed to change it.

as the poster above said, you could flash the firmware. be prepared for something to go wrong though and for something and/or void your warranty

 

[DaveTheGrey]

I took the risk with my old 12" powerbook and flashed the firmware of my dvd drive. It went fine and wasn't complicated.