dramaking28 Posted April 24, 2008 Share Posted April 24, 2008 Hi I just intalled IATKOS - Leopard 10.5 my IDE dvd player works fine, but my pioneer dvd burner doesn't work in the Leopard It works fine on my Win XP and Vista... Any Ideas? my specs: M.B - Gigabyte DQ6 GRAPHIC CARD - GIGABYTE GFORCE 8500 NX 2 GB RAM DDR 3 - CROSSAIR CPU - INTEL CORE 2 DOU E 6750 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 what does system profiler say, what does 'work' mean for you? can it read/mount dvds or just not burn? have you tried using Roxia Toast for burning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dramaking28 Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 Hi Thanks for the replay when I say 'works' I mean that my DVD Player can mount DVDs' And play them. My DVD-RW doesn't mount any DVD or playing them... When I opens Toast and try to burn it opens a dialog box that says: "No Recorder found. Please check cables and power." BTW - I don't know where is the system profiler, so if you you can guide me to it I'll be more than thenkfull (= My Burner is Plagged In SATA and 'couse my power supply has only 2 sata power adapters (that goes to my 2 HDDs) - I got an IDE to SATA power adapter that connected to the burners' power. Thats all (= hope you could help me Thanks Roi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 ok, system profiler is when you go to the apple menu -> about this mac -> click on 'system profiler' then click on 'disc burning' on the left side, i get something like this: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH20NS10: Firmware Revision: EL00 Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support) Profile Path: None Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds also, is your sata burner detected in the bios? also is this 10.5 or 10.5.2? i know 10.5.2 has some fixed ICH8/9 drivers that let you use all the SATA ports properly, you might have to update to this (or at least the kexts from 10.5.2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dramaking28 Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Hi thanks my system profiler does not see my device it says: No burning device was found. If you are using an external device please make sure that it is connected and powered properly. Last time I checked the BIOS saw my burner and on my xp and vista that are installed on this computer the burner works fine.. about the kext - i can't find it - can you link me to it? thanks Roi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dramaking28 Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Hi Guess what... I changed the place of the sata cable on the board - and my DVD-RW now works !! thanks for the help (= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 ya, the kexts you're using arent seeing all your SATA ports. i believe the ones from 10.5.2 fix this and there's also dune's patched kexts that fix this issue if you're on ICH8/9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBUU Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 you will have to play with the settings when you install. I used the same distro as you and it didnt find my sata dvdrw as well. I had to keep testing different things to get it to work right. Its annoying but id recommend reinstalling, testing different setups until you get it right, or use pacifist and kext help to get the right kext you need from the disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomnimac Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Just make sure to not use the Jmicron controllers. ICH9 works lots better. Although sometimes I even have problems with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iSkylla Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 JMicron is just terrible, get rid of all IDE on your computer and live happier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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