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[rob mojoor]

First, My english is not very well...

I have a hackintosh since 7 months.
i started with 10.4.8 (jass) and now i am on 10.5.1 (kalyway).

I have a problem on both versions.
When i insert a dvd or cd, it does not matter it's empty or not.
the cd/dvd starts spinning, and i can go too the finder.. I can open files from the cd/dvd,
But then the whole PC hangs. I get the grey screen,
there stands written in several languages, to restart the system. (kernel panic?)
it takes between 1 and 5 minutes before it crashes,

When i insert a empty cd/dvd, and start Toast. the burn process will start, mostly the pc crashes under the write process, so the cd is broken.

My setup:
Motherboard: Gigabyte Ga-P35 DS4
Proces: Q6600 (qaudcore 4x2.44mhz)
Memory: 4x 1gb kingston ddr2 800mhz
Videocard: Ati x1950gt
Cd/Dvd: Pioneer 111d. (ide).
I boot in AHCI.

I read a lot of messages that people are happy with their pioneer 111d, so it must work...but how?

This says the system information:
PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-111D:
  Model:    PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-111D
  Revisie:    1.23
  Externe eenheid:    No
  Protocol:    ATAPI
  Eenheidnummer:    0
  Sockettype:    Intern
  Low power polling:    No

The writer works fine in windows xp, but i need the writer everyday, so i must reboot everytime.
This is my only problem with the mac.
I LIKE MY MAC

[rob mojoor]

maybe it will help to use an external dvd reader? on USB?

[rob mojoor]

This week i buyed an extern 5.25'' dvd case, with usb connection.

I installed my ide-writer in the case and now my problem is gone!

This topic can be closed!

[westwaerts]

i had some glitches with dvd drive after coming up from sleep.
i fixed it with a newer firmware.