Sony DRU-810A 16x DVD±RW on G4 MDD ?

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Sony DRU-810A 16x DVD±RW on G4 MDD ?

Hello,

I bought myself a Sony DRU-810A 16x DVD±RW since I only got a Combo Drive in my G4 Mirror Door Drives. The guy at Futureshop told me that if my Mac is IDE/ATA compatible, it should work fine even if Sony claims it only works on Wintel PCs.

I first installed it in cable select mode: Combo first, Sony second, just like Apple request it in the installer guide. My G4 only recognise the Combo Drive. No Sony anywhere...

Then I tried the Master/Slave mode: Combo as Master, Sony as Slave. That's even worst: my G4 don't recognise any of the two drives...

What can I do? Can I use the Sony DRU-810A 16x DVD±RW in a G4 MDD or is it really PC only?

Thanks a lot!

PowerMac G4 (MDD) 1.25GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.3), 1.25GB RAM / 75GB HD / Combo

Posted on Jan 9, 2006 3:14 PM

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MacRN

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Jan 10, 2006 5:37 PM in response to 45ZER0

Check the drive database at xlr8yourmac.com see if others have had problems.

My understanding that if you use Master/Slave the DVD-R/RW should be Master. If you use cable select I think it also should be in the master position.

Make sure the jumpers on the drive are set correctly. You will have to set them on the combo as well.

Are the drives recognized in system profiler?

Hope that helps some.

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45ZER0 Author

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Jan 12, 2006 2:52 PM in response to MacRN

Thank you so much MacRN!

I’ve put the Sony DVD±RW in first and the Combo Drive second on Cable Select mode and the System Profiler now recognise both drives. I tryed booting and writing a 8x DVD-R and everything is perfect.

I really don’t know why the other combinaison didn’t work but that’s not that important.

I will put my problem in the XLR8 database so it can help others.

Thanks again!

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