Why won't my DVR-111D Firmware update from 1.19 to 1.23?

[lynigal2]

I've spent about 4 hours searching many forums for the answer so bear with me if you've answered it somewhere else - I just could find it.

Okay, I went to the Pioneer firmware update site and got the latest update
(dated 8/6/06). I followed all the directions in the macosv.com "[HOW TO] Flash a new Pioneer drive on a Mac" forum and the DVRFlash read me text. I think I successfully flashed it since I see the following in the system profile:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D:

Firmware Revision: 1.19
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

My question - Why, if this is the latest firmware update from Pioneer (that, btw Pioneer states is version 1.23) is the above "Firmware Revision" in the System Profile saying it's 1.19? What am I missing? What can I do to get the 1.23 version? Did I do something that I will not be able to fix?
What is a Patchburn? Do I need this?
Also, if you could explain to me what "unsupported" Burn Support means - it was addressed in other threads but I couldn't quite understand.
Once again, if you've already answered this question - soooo sorry for taking up your time - just point me in the right direction.
Thanks so very much!


1.5 GHz PowerPC G4 Mac OS X (10.4.7) Pioneer DVR-111DSV

 

[lynigal2]

Okay, so I did a PatchBurn and now this is what the System Profiler says:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D:

Firmware Revision: 1.19
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Vendor Supported)
Profile Path: /Library/DiscRecording/DeviceProfiles/PatchBurn-pioneerdvdrwdvr111d.drprofile
Cache: 2000 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

That answered one of my questions.

As far as the Firmware Update is concerned, I think it won't update to 1.23 because Mac isn't supported yet? I went to Dangerous Brothers and they have a few different versions (111_825.zip 111DX825.zip) available, including 1.23. Are those updates only for PC? There was no explanation - anyone know what these other versions are and if they work on a Mac?