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Hi,
I just bought ($110) a iMacG3 Beige 400Mhz for my kid which comes with a Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8184 running on OS X 10.4.3.
According to the specifications for the DVD-ROM drive, it should read DVD-RAM and also DVD-R. I have a Panasonic DVD-RAM disc which I formatted with UDF 1.5 (including physical format) and copied some Mac games for my kid.
To my surprise, the DVD-RAM is spit out by the drive after few seconds.
I tried to use FujiFilm DVD-R bootable DVD and the drive read it when in Mac OS X. But, while rebooting, it again spit out after a few seconds.
Does anybody know (long term iMac G3 users) what specific brands of DVD-R does the DVD-ROM drive read fine? Right now, I have Apple DVD-R 5 pack which is very expensive ($19.99). I also heard that Apple DVD-R discs are made by Maxell/Verbatim. Is that true?
Btw, I was able to play a DVD movie (Perfect Storm) just fine on the DVD-ROM drive.
Finally, do I need to update the firmware for this machine and why should I do it?
Appreciate feedback.
Thanks.
I just bought ($110) a iMacG3 Beige 400Mhz for my kid which comes with a Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8184 running on OS X 10.4.3.
According to the specifications for the DVD-ROM drive, it should read DVD-RAM and also DVD-R. I have a Panasonic DVD-RAM disc which I formatted with UDF 1.5 (including physical format) and copied some Mac games for my kid.
To my surprise, the DVD-RAM is spit out by the drive after few seconds.
I tried to use FujiFilm DVD-R bootable DVD and the drive read it when in Mac OS X. But, while rebooting, it again spit out after a few seconds.
Does anybody know (long term iMac G3 users) what specific brands of DVD-R does the DVD-ROM drive read fine? Right now, I have Apple DVD-R 5 pack which is very expensive ($19.99). I also heard that Apple DVD-R discs are made by Maxell/Verbatim. Is that true?
Btw, I was able to play a DVD movie (Perfect Storm) just fine on the DVD-ROM drive.
Finally, do I need to update the firmware for this machine and why should I do it?
Appreciate feedback.
Thanks.
iMac G3 Blue & White, Mac OS X (10.4.3), Matshita DVD-ROM SR-8184 Firmware: AA31
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