sinth Posted October 4, 2008 Share Posted October 4, 2008 I recently upgraded my Hackintosh machine with a new DL-DVD writer. The Optiarc AD-7200S. It's connected via SATA and already displays within disk utility. Here is the information in case it is useful: Name : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S Type : Optical Device Disk Identifier : Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S Connection Bus : ATAPI Connection Type : Internal Burn Support : Unsupported Writes CD : Yes Writes DVD : Yes Media is present : No Capabilities : Click for more information I've found that it opens and closes fine, but when I insert a disk to see if I can run some sort of content, my machine freezes (the mouse is still able to move, but nothing beyond that). I'm also concerned with the "burn support: unsupported" under the information I just pasted, and whether or not I can correct that. I looked around for a while, so hopefully this is the right forum, and somebody will know of a driver or options I can modify my current setup with in order to fix this. Oh and, it may be useful to know that upon googling "os86x AD-7200S" / "hackintosh AD-7200S", I found that other people had already supposedly used this drive within their own builds, without any problem. Meaning this drive should work in my setup also...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinth Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinth Posted October 9, 2008 Author Share Posted October 9, 2008 Not even something vague... or someone also sharing the problem?... Please? :L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justvisiting Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 10.4/tiger?? -> http://www.patchburn.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigPimpin Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 I have one that works great with XP and Linux. Haven't tested it with OSX. What's the SATA setting in the BIOS? AHCI or IDE (sometimes called "compatibility mode")? It should work OK on OSX in IDE/compatibility mode but ideally you want to run it in AHCI mode. Depends on the OS device driver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravagilli Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Similar problems here, could be in need of a firmware update maybe??? who knows but sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt!! I get the random lock ups, usuallly when using dual layer DVDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
typeaddict Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I have Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S, found no problem reading and writing DVD/CD. But after a certain time of inactivity of the device, it goes unresponsive (idle) - can't eject the DVD/CD. Eventually, I have to press restart button to restart the system/eject. I think its an issue with power management of the device. I updated the firmware from 1.05 to 1.09.. but not tested it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugol Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I have the 7201S and experience exactly the same thing. I've tried flashing to the very latest firmware. The drive locks up after a period of inactivity if a disk is left in there. I'm pretty certain it's a power management issue as there are associated errors in the system log (sudo dmesg). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianus Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 The same problem. For some time DVDROM works ok, but after few minutes stops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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