Hey there. I have installed iDeneb 10.5.5, look my signature for my System.
Everything is working gr8 except the DVD Drive, its not even detected. Is there any way to make it to work?? I mean is that i have to install some kext in order to make it working??

You need modified AppleIntelXIIPATA.kext, just google it. Also checkout my signature.

Do you have the link to working AppleIntelPIIXata.kext??

It will be so nice of u, thanks

I just installed iDeneb 10.5.5 as well and have THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM! I have an AMD machine though so I am assuming the above mentioned kext will not work for me. Any advice? I started another thread on my problem elsewhere and a member suggusted the following kext IOATAFamily.kext but it did not work for me.

thanks

PS - the drive is an NEC 2510A DVD burner

thanks for the reply. Ya i ll check this kext if its gonna work for me or not and will post my feedback.
As far as using kext for this problem, i read somewhere that it is necessary to delete some kext before installing the kext.

and having said that, I have heard this too, so it is possible that I installed it incorrectly myself. If anyone can provide more info as to how to 'PROPERLY' install this kext, it would be much appreciated, I am using kexthelper b7. I guess I just need to know which kexts to delete first.

Raziiq, if you figure it out, let me know what you deleted.

Thanks

i havnt tested this yet but i think this is the way to do it.

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=88335

Nice find. I will give it a try as well and report back.

ya do give it a try and post your feedback

Nope, doesn't seem to make any difference. Although the instructions aren't really that clear. Is says to delete the AppleViaAta.kext first and then reboot before continuing with installing the IOATAFamily.kext. I did this and as expected, could not boot back into Leopard. I was able to reinstall the ApplieViaATA.kext via windows, and then force my way back into Leopard. I tried again only this time doing the following:

deleted the AppleViaATA.kext
Backed up and then deleted IOATAFamily.kext.
Inserted the new IOATAFamily.kext from the download link (v1.1)
Opened Terminal and ran the commands as outlined (deleted extensions.mkext, 755 repair permissions, etc)
rebooted.

No DVD drive still, not to mention I now have problems booting into Leopard as I get stuck at the "waiting for root device" prompt. I am able to get in if I change from IDE to AHCI in my BIOS and use the "-f and rd=disk0s2" commands to point it to the right partition and force boot.

I did not have to do this before and was able to boot normally in IDE mode.

Any idea how to fix this or do I have to reinstall Leopard.................AGAIN!

Thanks

try setting vista Drive as active, may be that can help.

BTW is there anyone who has this DVD/CD Working in Leopard??

I don't think I can do that, XP is my main OS and that's where Acronis O/S selector was installed. I'm pretty sure I have to keep that one active. And besides, XP was the active one, prior to the kext install, and everything (including Leopard) was working and booting up normally via Acronis O/S Selector.

oh so you have Acronis OS Selector, cant say anything about it as i have no experience with it. But its always a good Idea to use the Darwin Bootloader or Windows Default Bootloader for your OS selection

I have plenty of experience with it and can say Acronis works just fine with all 3 operating systems. It is only AFTER I install these IOATAFamily.kexts that I experience problems with getting into Leopard.

I am going to try another angle here. If i reformat my entire system and reinstall all O/S's with the BIOS set to AHCI, can it be done?

Thanks