Pioneer DVR-116DBK or 116D?

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Pioneer DVR-116DBK or 116D?

Does anyone know the difference between the Pioneer DVR-116D vs. the 116DBK? Will the 116DBK work with my old G5?

My Pioneer DVR-106D appears to have bit the dust regarding its CD burning capabilities and I'm assuming the DVD capabilities too.

Thanks.

Dual 2.0 G5 w/3.5 gig RAM; iMac G5 w/2 gig RAM, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Sep 23, 2008 12:31 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 23, 2008 1:49 PM in response to Glenn Rupert

I believe the DVR-116DBK is black instead of beige. That's the only difference to my knowledge.

DVD drives have separate laser assemblies for the CD and the DVD side of things so it's possible for one to fail without affecting the other.

Even if the DVD part is still working, it's not a bad idea to replace the drive. Older drives like the DVR-106 often have difficulty burning newer media that's rated for speeds that are much higher than what was in existence when the drive was made. And, since slower rated media is usually difficult to find, you end up with a drive that doesn't work well. Plus, the drives are very inexpensive to replace.

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Answer 2

Sep 23, 2008 1:55 PM in response to Glenn Rupert

I forgot to mention that the DVR-116 will work just fine in your older G5. Since you have Tiger, the built-in disc burning framework will support the drive. Depending on where you purchase the drive from (and how long it's been in their inventory), the drive's firmware may be out of date.

Pioneer Japan has the firmware for the drive posted and DVRFlash is used to update the firmware on a Mac.

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Glenn Rupert Author

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Sep 24, 2008 5:50 AM in response to Steve Boultbee

Thanks Steve. I appreciate your help and order the drive yesterday. The CD burner has had some issues during my monthly backups the past few times but then it's been ridiculous the past few days of trying to burn some CD's from iTunes.

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Answer 4

Sep 24, 2008 10:46 PM in response to Steve Boultbee

Will the DVR-116 work as a replacement to the DVR-105 in my iMac G4 17"?

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Sep 25, 2008 8:41 AM in response to Christopher Nettles

I don't know a lot about the iMac, but the DVR-105 is a standard size, tray loading drive just like the DVR-116 is. So, in theory, the DVR-116 should work. However, I do not know how easy it is to replace the drive inside of an iMac.

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Sep 26, 2008 12:08 PM in response to Christopher Nettles

Christopher Nettles wrote:
Will the DVR-116 work as a replacement to the DVR-105 in my iMac G4 17"?

Yes

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Sep 26, 2008 8:39 PM in response to Steve Boultbee

Thank you Sir, I'll give it a shot.

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edumeja

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Oct 11, 2008 7:14 PM in response to Steve Boultbee

Hi, I 'd bought yesterday 2 Superrdrives Pioneer DVR-116DBK, (firmware 1.06) I'd install them in 2 Power MAC G5,
First one Power MAC G5 dual 1.8 with MAC OSX 10.41
Second one Power MAC G5 dual 2.3 with MAC OSX 10.5.5

in boths G5 I have the same problem, It didn't read DVD-R DL, Ridata I was,looking for a new firmware, but didn't find any newer than 1.06.

Any help with this, will be appreciated a lot,

Best Regards

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diskfac

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Oct 21, 2008 1:06 PM in response to Glenn Rupert

I just replaced the broken Sony by a DVR-115DBK but I don't seem to be able to fiish the booting of the G5DP running Leopard.
Did I miss something?

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