A DVD burner 8x in a pismo
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Philippe Helman
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As usual, I cannot be responsible for any damage to
your machines when you will experiment the following
tutorial.
Well, as I don't have any burner in my Pismo anymore
(sold), I decided to install a Toshiba SD-R6472,
tray-loading DVD+-R 8x superdrive (I promised it in
another
article).
To remember, I fit the original LG faceplate on a Toshiba
SD-R2312 and SD-R2412, so Why not the Toshiba Superdrive ?
For the installation of the drive in the bay, check the
first pictures there (SD-R2312
link) or there (UJ-835).
1)

Once installed in the Pismo, and System Profiler
launched, it is not... funny. We can see that :
a) It is not supported by the iApps
b) The drive is slave (1) and to boot the Pismo, it must
be master (0)
2)

Supported by Toast from scratch, 7 minutes to burn 4.4 Gb
of data. A real pleasure.
3)

Run Patchburn 3 and...
4)

There it is: ready for iTunes and DiscBurner.
5)

THE tricky part for some of you: a little welding point
to jump pins 45 and 47 and force the drive in master (0).
6)

Done!!! The Pismo boots now on CD or DVD with the C key
pushed, for example.
7)

The original Toshiba plate. Black, but ugly!!!
8)

Unclip the 3 clips ,
the 4th clip
will come easily.
9)

Not easy...
10)

Not easy (bis). Hopefully, the 2 Eject buttons are
luckily at the right place!!!
11)

I cut out the 3 brackets
off the LG faceplate, and narrowed the widest .
12)

Clipped back, glued on 3 places, centered in the Pismo
while the glue was drying.
Indeed, you can't see the difference. Nice, isn't it?
What? You think it's not the DVD-burner behind the plate?
So, go next.
13)

Origiinal LG is on the left.
14)

The 2 bays outside, side-by-side.
15)

Little zoom on the burner.
Conclusion: You know what? I'm happy.
If you wish to thank or forsten me...

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