ArkaPro Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Hey Im going to pickup my awsome hackntosh tommorow (check my sig) It just heat me, that I didnt check the competability of my burner... will it be recognized as a burner in OSX? the model is: ASUS DVDRW X18 DRW-1814BLT DUAL LAYER LIHGTSCRIBE SATA BLACK Please tell me it does!! I don't want to change my order.. and have the hole thing delayed.... What is the best DVDRW around, that is fully supported? please tell me and I'll try to change it!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted August 15, 2007 Share Posted August 15, 2007 Even if I don't have the exact answer to your question, here is what I think: Your burner should work, but I've heard that SOME sata burners have some problems with SOME motherboards... If you haven't found anything on the forum, it should be ok. BTW, the lightscribe thing won't work as it required a VISTA application. Anyone can confirm ? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/#findComment-428349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkaPro Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 Can anyone confirm? Your burner should work, but I've heard that SOME sata burners have some problems with SOME motherboards...If you haven't found anything on the forum, it should be ok. BTW, the lightscribe thing won't work as it required a VISTA application. Anyone can confirm ? I wanted SATA in the first place because Im going to install OSX on SATA HDD, I understood that this is the best/easiest way.... to have both HDD and installation DVD on SATA... correct me if im wrong... Im going to use XP/VISTA/OSX86 on the mechine. Will I be able to use lightscribe options VIA "paralels"? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/#findComment-428387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Can anyone confirm? I wanted SATA in the first place because Im going to install OSX on SATA HDD, I understood that this is the best/easiest way.... to have both HDD and installation DVD on SATA... correct me if im wrong... Im going to use XP/VISTA/OSX86 on the mechine. Will I be able to use lightscribe options VIA "paralels"? I can't answer about your particular burner...no experience with it. Pioneer dvr111 and 112 PATA are completely compatible and supported by OSX. I had no trouble whatsoever installing from PATA optical to SATA II drives in AHCI mode. I don't know if there's much (if any) of a performance boost from SATA opticals, but personally, I'd save my SATA connectors for HD storage. I use my system solely for editing and authoring and you can never have too many HDs. Best of luck with your system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/#findComment-428431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackintom Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 (edited) I wanted SATA in the first place because Im going to install OSX on SATA HDD, I understood that this is the best/easiest way.... to have both HDD and installation DVD on SATA...correct me if im wrong... Im going to use XP/VISTA/OSX86 on the mechine. Will I be able to use lightscribe options VIA "paralels"? Having both the burner and the HDD on SATA doesn't change anything about the installation, in fact, sata for the burner is only good for the airflow inside your case (sata cables are smaller than ide cables). I'm not sure you can use lightscribe through paralels, but I think so... Keep us in touch, cuz your burner seems very good. Would buy one if it's totally compatible WOOOOPS: I forgot you were having a P35 board, so you are right, you must have a SATA burner, forget PATA. My bad Edited August 16, 2007 by hackintom Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/#findComment-428750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkaPro Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 Great! I'll keep you guys posted! Do you think I'll be able to use lightscribe with this? LaCie LightScribe Labeler for Mac the Asus DVD-burner you mention appears to be OK . . it autobitsets [useful] all + format media to DVDROM, I don't think this causes issues in OS X. I cannot find rpc1 firmware in either of the usual places [1 & 2] - this would be a big nono for me, mebbe not for you. Should it be a big issue? I'm not really sure whats the purpose of that "rpc1 firmware" is it to be able to rip DVD movies from all Zones? I usually just Dload movies in XVID format... not ripping... Can any1 please explain what is this "rpc1 firmware" good for? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/#findComment-428809 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Several options for Lightscribe software at Versiontracker: http://www.versiontracker.com/php/qs.php?m...srchArea=macosx Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/#findComment-428849 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Should it be a big issue? I'm not really sure whats the purpose of that "rpc1 firmware" is it to be able to rip DVD movies from all Zones? I usually just Dload movies in XVID format... not ripping... Can any1 please explain what is this "rpc1 firmware" good for? . . playing out-of-region DVDs; there is [or was] an Intel recompile of 'RegionX' available & working on at least some versions of 10.4.x Tiger; but of course this requires a region-free player. OS X is by design as region-locked as Windows. Else you have to donate a few dollars & supprt 'mactheripper' v 3.x develoment [allows you to get at the thing], & rip any out-of-region DVD to your HDD as an *.iso before mounting & playing it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60250-will-it-be-recognized-as-a-burner/#findComment-428859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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