zeppelin Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Hi, I bought an LG WH16NS40 blu-ray drive for my hackintosh (more specs below), and the computer keeps opening the drive upon boot up and such. I thought it might be an OS issue, but when I wiped the OS clean for a fresh install (I switched from the method that is not supported by this website to the clover rampage dev method) it kept doing it -- even in the in between when there was no OS on the system or anything, so I figure it's bios related?!. Right now, I decided to take the side off the case and unplug the damn thing because it's a pain. Any thoughts on how to fix? I suspect it's something in the bios, but I need some help please in problem solving. Thanks Mobo: Asus X99 Deluxe CPU: Intel 5820k Graphics: Zotec GTX 980 Amp! Other Hardware: Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666 Mhz Memory - 32 gigNZXT Internal Card ReaderLG WH16NS40 Internal Blu-ray WriterIOGear Bluetooth 4.0 USB adapterFirewire Card - PEX1394B3 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309156-dvd-drive-keeps-ejecting/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 have you tried updating the drives firmware? http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-WH16NS40also have you tried reproducing the issue without the Sata cable plugged in only leaving the power to it connected. that would narrow it down to the drive. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309156-dvd-drive-keeps-ejecting/#findComment-2184811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin Posted November 2, 2015 Author Share Posted November 2, 2015 have you tried updating the drives firmware? http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-WH16NS40also have you tried reproducing the issue without the Sata cable plugged in only leaving the power to it connected. that would narrow it down to the drive. thanks - I didn't think about the power cable part. I will try that. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309156-dvd-drive-keeps-ejecting/#findComment-2184817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 have you tried updating the drives firmware? http://www.lg.com/us/support-product/lg-WH16NS40also have you tried reproducing the issue without the Sata cable plugged in only leaving the power to it connected. that would narrow it down to the drive. Ok, so I took it back. I got a Sony Optiarc 5280s-cb plus and it's doing the same thing. I tried removing the sata cable with this one (just to check) - and it doesn't open without the sata port connected. I went into the BIOS and the drive was listed as first to boot. So I actually disabled the drive from being a boot option (the only option is the SSD now), and guess what, it's still opening. Frustrated with this. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309156-dvd-drive-keeps-ejecting/#findComment-2187902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 it might be a feature of asus EZ flash bios. i got this from the manual section 3.11 updating bios ASUS EZ Flash 2: Updates the BIOS using a USB flash drive. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3: Restores the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted. ASUS BIOS Updater: Updates the BIOS in DOS environment using the motherboard support DVD and a USB flash disk drive. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309156-dvd-drive-keeps-ejecting/#findComment-2187909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeppelin Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 it might be a feature of asus EZ flash bios. i got this from the manual section 3.11 updating bios ASUS EZ Flash 2: Updates the BIOS using a USB flash drive. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3: Restores the BIOS using the motherboard support DVD or a USB flash drive when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted. ASUS BIOS Updater: Updates the BIOS in DOS environment using the motherboard support DVD and a USB flash disk drive. Thanks. I'm keeping this for later, just in case. It turns out that I had it plugged into a Sata Express port, which a friend suggested will work the same as the Sata port (as long as I had a sata cable only in it. It did not. I moved the DVD drive to another port, just "Sata" and it works fine now. Rick Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309156-dvd-drive-keeps-ejecting/#findComment-2189071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronxteck Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 at least it was a simple solution to the issue. cheers. 1 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/309156-dvd-drive-keeps-ejecting/#findComment-2189078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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