toolshed Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Upgraded from 10.6.2 to 10.6.4 and found the DVD drive is not working properly. Its OK for read most of the time, but not for write. Had a LG in there, and swapped it out for a Samsung, and finally a Pioneer (DVR-218L) - all SATA drives. When I put in a blank DVD it runs very slow, then the dialog pops up (ignore, eject, etc.). So I try Disk Utility, or Toast, to burn an image/files to disc and it just goes very, very slow, and seems to hang. Found some threads via Google, but nothing conclusive (some people resorted to using an external USB/Firewire DVD drive). Apparently, its a known problem. Cannot see any specific fixes in 10.6.5/6 - but might it be worth trying the upgrade? Any other suggestions? Asus Rampage Gene II/940/6GM RAM Nvidia 8800GS. Everything else seems to run just fine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/243025-1064-dvd-drive-slow-not-working/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 What make/model SATA controller is the DVD drive plugged into? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/243025-1064-dvd-drive-slow-not-working/#findComment-1621626 Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolshed Posted January 12, 2011 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 What make/model SATA controller is the DVD drive plugged into? From the Asus Rampage Gene II spec: Intel ICH10R controller 6 xSATA 3 Gb/s ports Intel Matrix Storage Technology Support RAID 0,1,5,10 JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller 1 xUltraDMA 133/100/66/33 for up to 2 PATA devices 1 xInternal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port 1 xExternal SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/243025-1064-dvd-drive-slow-not-working/#findComment-1621641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Make sure your DVD drive is plugged into the ICH10R. Your motherboard manual will have an illustration that shows which ports belong to which controller. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/243025-1064-dvd-drive-slow-not-working/#findComment-1621657 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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