rob mojoor Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 First, My english is not very well... I have a hackintosh since 7 months. i started with 10.4.8 (jass) and now i am on 10.5.1 (kalyway). I have a problem on both versions. When i insert a dvd or cd, it does not matter it's empty or not. the cd/dvd starts spinning, and i can go too the finder.. I can open files from the cd/dvd, But then the whole PC hangs. I get the grey screen, there stands written in several languages, to restart the system. (kernel panic?) it takes between 1 and 5 minutes before it crashes, When i insert a empty cd/dvd, and start Toast. the burn process will start, mostly the pc crashes under the write process, so the cd is broken. My setup: Motherboard: Gigabyte Ga-P35 DS4 Proces: Q6600 (qaudcore 4x2.44mhz) Memory: 4x 1gb kingston ddr2 800mhz Videocard: Ati x1950gt Cd/Dvd: Pioneer 111d. (ide). I boot in AHCI. I read a lot of messages that people are happy with their pioneer 111d, so it must work...but how? This says the system information: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D: Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-111D Revisie: 1.23 Externe eenheid: No Protocol: ATAPI Eenheidnummer: 0 Sockettype: Intern Low power polling: No The writer works fine in windows xp, but i need the writer everyday, so i must reboot everytime. This is my only problem with the mac. I LIKE MY MAC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob mojoor Posted March 11, 2008 Author Share Posted March 11, 2008 maybe it will help to use an external dvd reader? on USB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob mojoor Posted March 14, 2008 Author Share Posted March 14, 2008 This week i buyed an extern 5.25'' dvd case, with usb connection. I installed my ide-writer in the case and now my problem is gone! This topic can be closed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 i had some glitches with dvd drive after coming up from sleep. i fixed it with a newer firmware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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