Hi Will, >> The problem is that neither blank CDs or DVD+RWs will mount on the Desktop so >> I can't burn either!
> I never could get a CDRW nor My Pioneer DVR- 105 to burn disks hooked > to my Acard 66 ATA PCI card. Both could read disks including DVD data > disks but always got a hardware error message when I tried to burn > disks. A few burner drives do work with the Acard 66 but most don't. Having tried to burn to a blank DVD with Toast I see what you mean - two error codes returned, something about a sense error IIRC. > The list of working drives were older drives no longer sold and the > list has never been updated. I fixed mine by buying an external > Firewire box and a cheap PC firewire PCI card. Works great is seen as For a quick test I have a FW box with a LiteOn CD burner in, but I would prefer to have the DVD built-in for tidiness. > works with iDVD. The other known fix is to buy a 100 or 133 ATA card > Sonnet or Acard/SIIG. Sonnet 100 /133 and Trio cards will have the must Anyone in the UK have a source of supply for these cards please? > be installed in the first 8GB of the drive limit for OSX. If someone > else has a fix I'll be glad to hear it. best of luck Will S I guess that the cards you mention are seen as IDE by the system and not SCSI as the Acard is? I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised that the DVD-RW didn't immediately swing into action :-( Thanks for the info Will. -- Cheers, Derryck -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
