I have a HP Pavilion a6050y with a "TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L" dvd burner. Leopard's system profiler shows this infomation,

TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L:

Firmware Revision: 0514
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

But when I go and burn a disc, I get a error message saying,

The burn to the TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H653L drive failed. The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.

Is it possible to make this drive work on OS X 10.5 with a driver of some sort. The drive reads discs find, but no burn support on it.

Hope someone can help me. Thanks.

Update- I was able to burn a DVD+r using the program Burn and also was able to burn an audio disc using Toast 8. But I still can not burn using disk utility, itunes and the finder. Maybe someone out there has a solution. thanks again.

Same problem with an HP Pavilion DV6345US with a TSST TS-L632M drive. In the previous Mac world we used a program called Patchburn to create a device profile for third-party DVD-R drives that would burn in Toast but not iTunes. The developer of Patchburn discontinued it as Leopard supposedly allows any third party drive now. Apparently that's not entirely true.

For grins:

Yeah I remember Patchburn, am not sure why the developer thought Leopard supported all third party burners. It would be nice to have some type of Patchburn app for Leopard.

I bought an external drive for 30 dollars with Dual layer dvd support from Lacie, it works great with itunes and all the other Apple apps. Now my HP works with all my equipment. My printer, Wireless USB WIFI card, graphics card and sound. It feels just like a real mac. It runs great. We just need to be aware of OS X updates and check this site first before putting on any major updates to your system and it will keep running good just like a mac. I own a Mac Book Pro and this HP runs as good as my laptop.

i don't think leopard has got anything to do with it, 'cause i am running windows on dv6152 same {censored} happening.

Hi, I've the same problem with my TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-H653N. It is only recognized sometimes, but mostly I can't burn. Maybe PC-EFI could fix it?

Bump.

My sister's Hackintosh is an HP machine and has the same problem. It didn't work in 10.4 with Patchburn and it gives the same error in 10.5 with EFI.

I seem to have a recollection of having trouble getting an aftermarket HP DVD drive to burn in Windows at my workplace a few years ago. Luckily we had a former HP support employee working with us at the time. He tracked down some special obscure software from the HP site that enabled burning. My suspicion is that the HP drives communicate in some non-standard way.

If an HP driver is required for burning, we may be out of luck.

- GeekMan

im not using HP on my real macs and x86 macs i use the TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S202N it burns no problem with toast burn folders and through itunes leo4all v3

The problem is the "TSSTCorp". That is, "Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology". Try going to their website, there's nothing there. It seems that neither company is responsible for the line of drives they jointly develop and manufacture.

Some initial Googling shows however that some of the TSST drives have synonymous model numbers in the Samsung or Toshiba lines. So it may be possible to reflash the firmware using that of its generic counterpart.

This isn't a problem specific to Mac OS X either. I have a brand new HP machine at work that came with Vista pre-installed, which I wiped and replaced with our VLK Windows XP. It also has a TSST CD/DVD RW lightscribe drive that's very simillar to my sister's drive. Disc burning does not work in XP. Hmm...

More Googling shows lots of reports from Gateway desktop users with the same problem: after a clean OS install their TSST DVD writer doesn't work. I suspect some sort of OEM lock-in.

I'll try calling HP support about my machine at work, but I suspect the response excuse will be that the machine isn't supported under XP.

Will hopefully update.

- GeekMan

evelez,

Not sure if you're still paying attention to this thread, but I just found out that my HP drive at work is the exact same model that you're using: the TS-H653L.

Apparently, there are firmware updates available from HP's website.

For Windows XP:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/generic...=en&lang=en

For Windows Vista:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwar...093&lang=en

Of course, you'll need some version of Windows to apply a firmware update. I have no idea if either of these will improve functionality in Mac OS X, but it's worth a try. I'll report my own successes/failures later.

- GeekMan

Do you think it would be possible to flash the drive firmware in a VMware XP install?

I have no idea. Somehow I doubt it.

The firmware update I applied at work did not enable burning in Windows Explorer. My correspondence with HP has basically boiled down to "you need to be running Windows Vista for all the hardware to work correctly", and they referred me to a Microsoft tech article on how to burn a CD. Hmpf.

Also, I discovered that DVD burning on the drive works with Nero 7, but not in Windows Explorer. It doesn't make a lot of sense, because optical drives are generic hardware and should just work without drivers. There's something we're not being told, and that annoys me.

I wonder how Linux users get around this issue?

Okay.

So to solve my sister's immediate problem, I gave her my own Hackintosh's LG DVD-RW, then took her non-burning TS-H652M home to test on my Hackintosh.

The TS-H652M burns DVDs on my machine.

I would have then presumed that there's something wrong with my sister's machine, but the LG drive I gave her burns discs just fine. This makes absolutely no sense, because both machines have the same fresh copy of Kalaway installed on them. There's something I'm not thinking of.

- Burn speed?
- Media brand/compatibility?
- Interaction between the drive and the system's IDE controller?

I've no idea. I almost would have been happier if the TSST drive just hadn't worked on my machine. Then I'd be able to assign blame to a particular part of the hardware configuration.

I'm eager to hear reports from other TSST/HP DVD-RW users. Try moving the drive to a different location on the IDE chain, changing the jumper settings, change the media, change the burn speed. Personally, I'm going to try to break my current configuration. At least then we'll have some suggestions for other people having problems with their drives.

- Geekman

I Have a HP media centre PC M7655.uk that works in every way with Kalyway 10.5.2 and with the combo update 10.5.3. All except the silly TSST Corp TS-H653L. Will not burn anything - can read OK no problem.

Now...read this. I have a friend who has the exact same model and who purchased his a few weeks before I did back in 2006. We have both built Hackintosh's using the same Kalyway 10.5.2 disk, both upgraded using the same combo update etc , etc.

The only difference is this:- His firmware version for H653L is 0314. I originally had 0414 and could use Simply Burn with no probs however no CD burning with Itunes. He was able to do both on his. In my stupidity I upgraded firstly to 0514 and then 0714 and now with either 0514 or 0714 am unable to burn anything in Leopard.

My theory is this: get firmware 0314 and all is well with the world- however getting this firmware is nothing short of a nightmare!! HP are complete a*** holes when it comes to support! I am waiting for a response from them for a request of 0314. Let's see what happens!
Hope this sheds some light on this and I hope this thread is still alive!!!! If you know of an alternative solution , please let me know.

BTW- will patchburn work on 10.5.3??? Has anyone tried??
Thanks.
M.

i have the same Series DVD Drive TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-H552D. Using disk utility i can burn only CD's but with Roxio Toast i can burn cd/dvd erase them etc...give it a try