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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7972-support-for-multiple-optical-drives-rpc1/ 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7972-support-for-multiple-optical-drives-rpc1/#findComment-49947 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7972-support-for-multiple-optical-drives-rpc1/#findComment-50090 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7972-support-for-multiple-optical-drives-rpc1/#findComment-52819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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