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TSSTcorp SH-S222A

Hello, I have a TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222A, in a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz. Running 10..5.8. Now, this used to be a very rare occurrence, slowly, it has gotten more frequent. There is No CD in the drive, but the CD drive tries to read one as if one was in it. Like when you open and close the tray and it spins the motor a couple of times. it just tries to read. It happens about every minute or so and is really starting to bug me. I've reset PRAM and NVRAM, which, obviously, had no impact. Any suggestions?
~Thanx
Paul

PowerMac G4 Gigabit Ethernet, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Dec 6, 2009 7:30 AM

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joel bud

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Mar 13, 2010 3:35 PM in response to BDAqua

OK - here goes ....

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L:

Firmware Revision: SB02
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Generic Drive Support)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RAM, -RW, -RW DL, +R, +R DL, +RW
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

BDAqua

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Mar 13, 2010 4:25 PM in response to joel bud

Hmmm, is it new?

The CD & DVD parts do use different Lasers & even voltages, so I guess that could be it.

joel bud

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Mar 14, 2010 4:57 AM in response to BDAqua

yes, just opened the box - and installed. thanks.

BDAqua

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Mar 14, 2010 1:26 PM in response to joel bud

And on your above Sys Prefs, does it change when you insert a DVD? Does a DVD show up in Disk Utility when inserted?

joel bud

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Mar 15, 2010 6:41 PM in response to BDAqua

no - DVD's do not show up - I have them sending me a new drive - thank you for your time and expertise.

BDAqua

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Mar 15, 2010 6:51 PM in response to joel bud

Do let us know how it turns out please.

joel bud

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Mar 17, 2010 8:10 AM in response to BDAqua

rec new drive and installed - same problem - same info reported in about this mac. no idea where to go from here.

joel bud

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Mar 17, 2010 8:19 AM in response to joel bud

to an earlier question -- YES !! a DVD does show in the disc utility - but only as a CD in the drive.

BDAqua

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Mar 17, 2010 1:02 PM in response to joel bud

Hmmm, this is strange... In Disk Utility, highlight the DVD & click on the blue info button, what does it report?

joel bud

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Mar 17, 2010 2:42 PM in response to BDAqua

this is what is showing under info tab:

Name : disk2s0
Type : Volume

Disk Identifier : disk2s0
Mount Point : Not mounted
Connection Bus : ATA
Writable : No
Capacity : 501.6 MB (525,938,688 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : No
Can Be Formatted : No
Bootable : No
Supports Journaling : No
Journaled : No
Disk Number : 2
Partition Number : 0

BDAqua

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Mar 17, 2010 2:59 PM in response to joel bud

And that's with a DVD, not a CD in it?

joel bud

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Mar 17, 2010 6:13 PM in response to BDAqua

yes DVD - phoned Apple tech support and they stated the device is not compatable with my computer.

BDAqua

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Mar 17, 2010 8:20 PM in response to joel bud

Hmmm, I won't be back on my G5 with the sme drive ib it until tomorrow, but I'd try Patchburn...

http://www.patchburn.de/download.html

I ran the 10.4 version in 10.6 just now, it warned me it would only run in 10.4 but ran anyway, it didn't hurt anyththing about burning in my Intel iMac.

I did run that on my G5 in Tiger before booting into Leopard.

joel bud

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Mar 18, 2010 5:24 AM in response to BDAqua

decided to start over - from scratch - and put my original superdrive back in - rethink everything. the superdrive was not recognized - hmmmmm, took it back apart -decided to replace IDE data cable - reset everything and put NEW samsung back in - now works fine !!! it was the data cable !! thanks for all of your help in this. whhheeewwww. HA.

BDAqua

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Mar 18, 2010 11:01 AM in response to joel bud

Whew, good work, thanks for the report! 🙂

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