ArkaPro Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 What is the best DVD burner that is fully supported in osx86? Lightscribe option will be nice... so I can use it on PARALELS. Check My sig - I was going for the ASUS DVDRW X18 DRW-1814BLT DUAL LAYER LIHGTSCRIBE SATA BLACK but Im not sure its fully supported.... So please recomend! BJ_MOOSE said: 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. My MoBo is P5k-Deluxe, will I have problems installing OSX86 from PATA DVD drive to SATA HDDs?? Please help ASAP! Im picking-up my HACK tomorrow!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60322-the-best-dvd-burner-competible-to-osx86/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Most dvd-writers work, don't worry. Choose which one you like best! Pioneer dvr111 and 112 is fine. The issue is just whether or not your motherboard supports pata/sata... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60322-the-best-dvd-burner-competible-to-osx86/#findComment-428732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Most dvd-writers work, don't worry. Choose which one you like best! Pioneer dvr111 and 112 is fine. The issue is just whether or not your motherboard supports pata/sata... . . 10.4.9 allows use of just about any dvd-burner. I have had serious reliability issues with both the Pioneer DVR-111 & DVR-112 [the latter model in particular has known issues with failing to read/write to CDs after a months or so's use] . . . . have had to RMA 1x DVR-111 & 2x DVR-112. Now that Plextor no longer make their own models [they rebrand] am using a 'Optiarc' [ie NEC/Sony] 707x burner: works fine so far; quiet, rpc1 firmware available. BTW: most/all 'Asus' DVD-burners are made by Lite-On or Pioneer. Current Lite-On burners are noisy. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60322-the-best-dvd-burner-competible-to-osx86/#findComment-428740 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArkaPro Posted August 16, 2007 Author Share Posted August 16, 2007 Thank you very much! About a week ago asap18 wrote me: If you get an IDE dvd drive, the install might be a pain bc atm i dont think any dvd's have the jmicron driver, although u could add it yourself. Can anyone confirm that? Im totally green in the osx86 world. Jmicron is a driver that should enable DVD PATA? Anyhow I think Im going to stick with the ASUS DVDRW X18 DRW-1814BLT DUAL LAYER LIHGTSCRIBE SATA BLACK Do you think I would be able to use the LIGHTSCRIBE option via PRALELELS? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60322-the-best-dvd-burner-competible-to-osx86/#findComment-428741 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Thank you very much! About a week ago asap18 wrote me: Can anyone confirm that? Im totally green in the osx86 world. Jmicron is a driver that should enable DVD PATA? Anyhow I think Im going to stick with the ASUS DVDRW X18 DRW-1814BLT DUAL LAYER LIHGTSCRIBE SATA BLACK Do you think I would be able to use the LIGHTSCRIBE option via PRALELELS? . . to install to a P35 chipset mobo, you usually need either to buy a SATA burner, or attach a PATA burner via a USB enclosure. . . this is because these mobos have no native PATA - this is provided by the infamous jmicron363 controller, which pretty well all OS X installation media has serious hassles with [esp Uphuck]. They have native SATA [obv], so you can install from/to any SATA device on a P35 mobo, so long as all channels are set to AHCI mode & any firmware 'RAID' malarkey is disabled. 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. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60322-the-best-dvd-burner-competible-to-osx86/#findComment-428748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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