FishCow Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Hi all, I have a new install of SL but having some issues with optical drives. I have 2 x SATA DVD drives installed. 1) Pioneer DVR-216 2) Samsung SH-S223B Both work fine and I can boot from either of them if I need to, BUT . . . If I leave media in one of them (DVR-216), without accessing for a while, it just shuts off .. no power. I have to reboot to get them back. If I play movies or continually access the drives - they stay functional. If I don't put anything in them, they stay alive as well. I read in another thread that someone believes (in their case) that having "Put hard disks to sleep when possible" in Energy Saver was the cause of the problem. Unchecking this option seemed to solve the issue - but not for me. Any ideas? Regards Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SA22C Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I have the same issue. The fix is to never leave a disc in the drive. When you're done using it, eject. If the drives remain empty, the issue never occurs for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoc Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Try to uncheck "put drives to sleep when possible" under Energy Saver (System preferences) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishCow Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 SOLVED It turns out it was only the Pioneer Drive causing the issue in my case. I updated the firmware to 1.09 (from 1.03) on the DVR-216 and the problem went away. I left media in both drives over night and let the computer sleep. Both drives work without issue after waking. I also don't sleep my hard drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANARCHiNTOSH Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 same problem here... i'll try updating firmware and unchecking 'put drives to sleep when possible' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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