Firewire DVD burner - works in OS 9 to Leopard, not in SL
Hello!
A while ago, I figured that it would be nice ot have an external DVD burner - as one that I wouldn't disturb via vibrations when using my MBP, and could use with my old Macs without a burner.
This burner is an NEC DVD+/-RW DL burner, as listed below. I pulled it from an old windows computer that died, and placed it into an older LaCie FW 400 enclosure. Under the older OSs - Tiger, Leopard, even OS 9 in CD-burn mode - it worked just fine, and could burn all supported formats without difficulty. In snow leopard on my 2.2 Ghz MacBook Pro (Late 2007), not only will it not function as a burner, but OS X itself does not recognize the drive. That is, System profiler detects the LaCie enclosure, but as far as SL is concerned, the enclosure has nothing in it. SL doesn't see the DVD burner, and neither does Toast. I tried placing a commercial DVD-ROM in there, but OS X wouldn't read the disc either.
Do you know how I can fix this? Or, is there really nothing I can do except use it with the older Macs? It worked fine with this same MBP before the update to SL for what it's worth...
Thanks,
-Dan
Stats of the drive, as reported by System Profiler on my G4 running Tiger.
_NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A:
Firmware Revision: 2.19
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Vendor Supported)
Profile Path: VendorSupport.drprofile
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
A while ago, I figured that it would be nice ot have an external DVD burner - as one that I wouldn't disturb via vibrations when using my MBP, and could use with my old Macs without a burner.
This burner is an NEC DVD+/-RW DL burner, as listed below. I pulled it from an old windows computer that died, and placed it into an older LaCie FW 400 enclosure. Under the older OSs - Tiger, Leopard, even OS 9 in CD-burn mode - it worked just fine, and could burn all supported formats without difficulty. In snow leopard on my 2.2 Ghz MacBook Pro (Late 2007), not only will it not function as a burner, but OS X itself does not recognize the drive. That is, System profiler detects the LaCie enclosure, but as far as SL is concerned, the enclosure has nothing in it. SL doesn't see the DVD burner, and neither does Toast. I tried placing a commercial DVD-ROM in there, but OS X wouldn't read the disc either.
Do you know how I can fix this? Or, is there really nothing I can do except use it with the older Macs? It worked fine with this same MBP before the update to SL for what it's worth...
Thanks,
-Dan
Stats of the drive, as reported by System Profiler on my G4 running Tiger.
_NEC DVD_RW ND-2510A:
Firmware Revision: 2.19
Interconnect: FireWire
Burn Support: Yes (Vendor Supported)
Profile Path: VendorSupport.drprofile
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No
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