kramer2k Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Ok, here's the dilly... I'm running 10.4.4 on a Dell 4300 (P4 1.7, 640MB PC133, HD1 XP, HD2 OSX, SB Live, CMI8738, USB2.0 PCI, Linksys working with tulip NIC). Using Dlink G122 on USB for net, haven't played with printers yet... So here's my problem. I have 2 DVD-RW drives 1) Benq 1640 and 2)Aopen 1616, but I can never have both of them recognized as burners. here's what I've tried... Master Benq / Slave Aopen - Benq recognized under ATA, not recognized under burner, unable to read discs. Aopen able to do all, and F12 opens Aopen Master Aopen / Slave Benq - Same as above The only way I can get the Benq to be identifed as a burner and to be able to successfuly ready discs and to open with F12 is to physically unplug the aopen drive from inside (I've tried disabling it under BIOS to no avail). So this is driving me batty! Anyone experience the same or have any ideas? Thanks And before anyone asks, i did change the jumpers appropriately. K Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 have you tried patchburn? you can find it at patchburn.de i believe Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-105009 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramer2k Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 have you tried patchburn?you can find it at patchburn.de i believe Yep, tried it and it does not see the Benq (as either master or slave) when the Aopen is attached. great thought though! K Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-105017 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 how do you have them hooked togehter? do you have them daisy chained to each other or off of your harddrives or seperate? try switching each from slave and master position on the cable or what i like to do is use them as slaves off of the harddrives. it took me more than 2 hours doing the same for harddrives in some of my systems. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-105029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramer2k Posted April 29, 2006 Author Share Posted April 29, 2006 how do you have them hooked togehter?do you have them daisy chained to each other or off of your harddrives or seperate? try switching each from slave and master position on the cable or what i like to do is use them as slaves off of the harddrives. it took me more than 2 hours doing the same for harddrives in some of my systems. Hmm, that's an idea! Although I'm not sure how the heck I'm going to pull it off, my cables are nowhere long enough to pull that off.. K Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-105054 Share on other sites More sharing options...
borez Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Hmm. I seem to have the same problem as the threadstarter as well: will be tinkering with the system since I'm more free now. My configuration is: Secondary Master: TDK CD-RW/DVD combo Secondary Slave: Benq 1620 My Benq does not get detected, but the TDK does. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-105135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 ive also found switching to plextor s-ata burners work wonders! ive installed them in most of my comps they are real nice, fast, and quiet. oh and they are completely mac compatible. no patchburn needed. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-105163 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramer2k Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 Well, I think I've figured out my problem with both drives being identified. If I turn off my slave (aopen) in the bios, then both the benq and aopen are identified as burners.. weird, but it works... K Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-122293 Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 Hmm... Quite odd... I have a noname 52X cd burner and that Aopen DUW-1616... Its driving me off the wall! It wont work properly as a dvd player, and it randomly ejects! Any ideas? (Using cable select -> dvdrw is master, cdrw is slave) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/16321-strange-dvd-drive-issuewould-you-like-to-know-more/#findComment-145648 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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