Some Mac Pro have been shipped with SuperDrive Optiarc AD-7170A loaded with the firmware 1.NC.
This drive has (for once) more capabilities than those listed by Apple: it can burn DVD at 18x, while Apple only states 16x. It can also burn DVD+RW at 8x, DL DVD at 8x and CD at 48x.
It can also be turn into region-free mode directly in Mac OS X. The procedure is similar to the one we described in a previous article article/.
Hereafter are the details:
- Download Binflash in version 1.4.4 for OS X (Direct link and uncompress the archive to obtain a file entitled necflash
- Download from Liggy's and Dee's the region-free firmware for AD-71701.NC (
