Pioneer DVR117 in Mac

CD, DVD and (Ultra HD) Blu-ray Writers Asus / Pioneer Writer
#1

Did I fry my internal drive for good?

I used a patch that converts the Mac’s internal Pioneer 117 into a 108 and then flashed it to V1.18 using DVR-Flash via Terminal. Then I enabled it with Patchburn. And now I get sense key errors about 4 minutes into every burn. I went to V1.20, but I still get that error.

I now downloaded DVRFlashX, which reports “ERROR - Could not open device PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108”

I’m certainly not whining - I did this with open eyes. But if there’s a way to salvage it, I’d like to try it.

If not, it’ll be another paper weight.

Thanks in advance for any help

#2

If you misflashed the drive, it would be in “Failsafe” mode. Because of the way Mac OS X registers I/O devices during startup, the drive will not register. The only solution is to remove the drive to a PC and reflash it from there. Once flashed properly (Be sure to use a Firmware/Kernel set!), it will work fine in the Mac. You have no need for Patchburn with the DVR-108, if you’re using Tiger (OS X 10.4.3).