Cortilein Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Hi forum! I have successfully installed a patched version of the 10.4.1 Marklar image on my Dell Dimension 8300 Pentium 4 3 GHz HT rig. Some months ago, I have exchanged the NEC optical drives installed by Dell with a Plextor PX-130A DVD-ROM and a Plextor PX-740A DVD-RW. The burner was patched to RPC1 region free firmware under Win XP (where both drives work like a charm). Now, when I (dual-)boot into OSx86, only the DVD-ROM is recognized and listed in Finder / System Profiler > ATA. Inserting a CD or DVD into the DVD burner won't (auto-)mount either - so the drive is completely numb under OSx86. I wonder if this is due to the fact that "hacked" RPC1 firmware is running on the PX-740A. Is there only support for RPC2 drives in OSx86? Does it only support ONE optical drive? Do YOU have all (multiple) built-in IDE drives recognized? Would a change to OSx86 10.4.3 8F1111 help? Well, I could restore my backup of the original firmware to check if the PX740A would then be recognized - but for (I guess) understandable reasons I don't really want to do so. To hell with region code checks... I am eager to hear your opinions about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 I have two drives, both recognized for burning, the Pioneer is patched with RPC-1 Firmware and works fine. AFAIK VLC does not check region code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortilein Posted January 29, 2006 Author Share Posted January 29, 2006 Hmmm... in that case the Plextor PX-740A DVD burner is probably not supported - at least not in 10.4.1. I will try to upgrade to 10.4.3 8f1111 then to see if it works there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cortilein Posted February 5, 2006 Author Share Posted February 5, 2006 OK, here goes: I switched to 10.4.3 8F1111 with JaS patch applied (native install). In addition, I adjusted the jumpers on my drives to fixed positions (was "cable select" before): master for the DVD burner and slave for the DVD-ROM. The DVD burner is now recognized by OSx86 - yet the DVD-ROM is now numb... The Plextor PX-740A DVD-RW burner now works perfectly - I have tested reading capabilities with the 10.4.3 install DVD (data), and a movie DVD (playback with VLC). Moreover, writing to a DVD+R to create an audio CD worked fine as well (with Toast Titanium 6). Hooray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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