Help!!!! Update Pioneer DVR-104 Firmware?

My IMAC G4 SuperDrive doesn't like faster (16x) DVD-R's. There is a firmware update on Pioneer's site that addresses something similar- but it's only for Windows.
See here: http://pioneer.jp/oshirase/writer/index-e.html
I found this link for Mac: http://cd-rom.free-driver-download.com/Pioneer/10967/Pioneer-DVR-A04-DVR-104-DVD -RW-RPC-1-Firmware-1.20--For-Mac.html
Should I trust it, and use it?
I've been getting the verification error: OX80020063 using 16x Verbatim DVD-R.
My SuperDrive is currently using firmware revision: A227.

Hi
Never had any problems before when burning CDRs, but tonight the SONY DVD RW DW-U10A superdrive just won't play ball. Tried numerous times to burn some playlists off iTunes and the PC kept going through the initialising process and then spitting the disc out with the message: the attempt to burn a disc failed. The device failed to calibrate the laser power for this media.
Then tried to burn photos in iPhoto and got the message: SONY DVD RW DW-U10A drive failed. The device failed to respond properly, unable to recover or retry.
HELP!! I'm no expert but it sounds serious!! Strange thing is though I can still play CDs and DVDs.
Any ideas??
Cheers
Mark

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Pioneer DVR-104 won't recognize/burn/eject disc. I am STUCK. Help?

Hello.
I bought an iMac G4 800mhz flat panel model with DVR-104 superdrive recently.
It's was working perfectly until I tired to burn my 1st disc using Toast 7 (DVD-R). That's when things started messing up. I stuck the disc in and after "thinking" about it for a minute ejected it without any message -- it just spit it out.
I repaired file permissions, restarted, tried another disc and now I can't get the disc out. When i push the eject button i get the eject icon on the screen but the disc doesn't come out.
-Under Disc Burning in System Profiler it now says "No burning device was found. If you are using an external device please make sure that it is connected and powered properly".
-Toast 7 says "no recorder found".
-When I restart the computer I get the message "Disk Insertion - the disk you inserted was not readable by this computer". Until I tried to burn a disc the drive had been working perfectly and a lot.
So to recap: There's a disc stuck in the Superdrive that my iMac doesn't think is there. Can I force eject?
Any ideas??
Thanks!!
Oh BTW here's what is says under System Profiler about the Pioneer DVR-104:
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-104
Revision: A216
Serial Number: BCDL160039WL
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 1
Socket Type: Internal
OS9 Drivers: No
S.M.A.R.T. status: Not Supported
PowerMac FW800 (G4), iMac G4 800 SuperDrive Mac OS X (10.4.6)

mrtotes thanks a lot for the suggestions! I didn't have to try the Target mode but I'll remember that one thanks.
With blank 8X DVD-R still stuck in iMac I ran Onyx (with everything in the Automation area checked√) and went to bed.
This morning I forgot it was in sleep mode & not turned off so I hit the power button to turn it on. It woke up, but the screen was frozen. I turned it off using the power button.
When I turned it back on the DVD in the drive started making that "clunk clunk" noise again trying to load (it had not been making any noises at all while stuck) while the computer was booting up. I held down the eject key & the mouse until it finished booting up. THE DISC CAME OUT. Whew!
I don't know if it was Onyx or me pushing the power button when it was asleep or that mouse/eject maneuver but it worked.
I guess I'll need to stick to 4X DVD-R for now if I can find any. Does anyone know where to get those now? I'm in Sacramento, CA.
Also, I have some Memorex 52X blank CDs. Do I dare try one of those or what speed should I use?
Thanks!!
PowerMac FW800 (G4), iMac G4 800 SuperDrive Mac OS X (10.4.6)
PowerMac FW800 (G4), iMac G4 800 SuperDrive Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Can't burn on a Pioneer DVR-104

Hello everybody,
Trying to fix friends iMac G4 using 10.1.5.
So old I can't remember what the fixes were way back when...
His Drive is a Pioneer DVR-104
Tried a DVD-R Fuji "up to 8x" speed but the Computer locks up.
Found the Superdrive update so that the drive can burn faster speed disks but was their a firmware update to do as well before this Superdrive update or can I just do the Superdrive update.
I believe you control the burn speed via itunes prefs ?
Thanks,
Al

Hi Al, could you let us know what you did to get it going? (so we can all benefit from your experience... ).
Also remember to mark this question as answered.
As a Level 3 (in fact L2 and above) you have the option to Report this post. I've asked the Mods to delete a post I fluffed up once through that method and they obliged very quickly. To be honest there is no need to in this case.
kind regards
mrtotes

Satellite A200-1YU and Pioneer DVR-K17A Firmware Update.

Could you please give me link to the newest firmware for my Pioneer DVR-K17A (Satellite A200-1YU, Catalog Number: PSAE3E-06201RPL), I was looking for it everywhere, but I couldn't find it, please help me.

Visit Toshiba download page under http://eu.computers.toshiba-europe.com > Support & Downloads and check if some firmware updates are available.
If something is offered there you can use it and you will not cancel the warranty.

Updating Pioneer DVD Burners Firmware

This is in regards to my new Mac Pro with a Pioneer 112D Burner in slot 1--
I have been reading in this forum about updating the DVD Burner's firmware in order to get better performance and possibly more compatibility with other types of media.
According to the posts I have read, we need to use a PC to update the firmware. Can I boot into Windows using Boot Camp and do the update that way? OR do I have to put the Drive into an actual PC? It would be great if I could just update that way to save having to find a friend with a suitable PC...my Hubby only has PC laptops and thus cannot update this drive for me.
Thanks for your help!
Helen
Mac pro, MacBook, G5 Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Yes, booting into Bootcamp will allow you to run the PC based firmware updater. The most current firmware for the DVR-112 is v1.21.

HELP, updater does NOTsee a firmware image to restore ipod

My ipod is screwed up,my ipod has the folder w/exclamation point issue. So, i want to restore it.But, when I try to restore it, the updater tells me that the updater does not see a firmware image. What can I do to fix this?
Note: I have a 3g ipod.

make sure you've got the most recent updater and just to be on the safe side, you might want to re-download the updater.

Best choice as replacement for DVR-104: Pioneer 112D or ??

Need a replacement to my Pioneer DVR-104. Drive mostly doesn't recognize disks anymore. What is the best choice: the Pioneer 112D a good choice or NEC, etc? I thought I read posts with problems with it? I'm kinda surprised it really didn't last all that long considering it started having problems a year ago compared to my older computer's CD burner.

You might want to check out xlr8yourmac's drive database:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso
It's filled with reports by mac users on hard and optical drives
and how they worked out in their machines. It's a very useful
source of information when considering a new drive.
The Pioneer 112 is a favorite among mac users and I am very
happy with mine. The drive is being used in the MacPro by Apple
so it enjoys full I-App support if you are running os 10.4.10.
Lite-On has been having quality control problems for a while so I
would avoid their drives. Many people like the Sony Optiarc drives
but this forum is full of Mac users who have had problems with them
(including myself). Plextor is basically out of business - they are just
putting their name on other people's drives. Samsung's new drives
have gotten some very nice reviews and I'm using a Samsung 182/4,
which is a great cd burner but not quite the dvd burner the Pioneer is.
But again the Pioneer has the advantage as being used by Apple, so
you know it will work with all your mac burning programs, will work as
a startup disc, etc.

Self replacing Superdrive DVR-104 Any Tips - Have You Replaced It Yourself?

In a previous post I mentioned probably replacing the original DVR-104 Pioneer Superdrive myself. Has anyone done this on their own?
I have the complete Apple eMac repair manual, and it shows the complete procedure for: (in order)
• Removing the outer eMac housing shell
• Disconnecting the Power Button connection
• Procedure for discharging the CRT (Using Apple Tool)
• Removing the "Faraday Plate"
• Removing the Apple Pioneer Superdrive
With the right Apple tools, precautions, and "repair" skills to
take on a repair of this nature, I am willing to replace the Superdrive myself. Especially in light of the fact that an Apple repair shop has quoted me over $450.00 to do this very same repair.
It seems pretty straight forward, and after buying the Apple CRT discharge Tool and a new Pioneer DVR-104 (in the next week or so), I'm planning on making the change.
Has anyone here ever replaced the Superdrive themselves? Can you offer any suggestions or tips that might make things go any smoother?
I will greatly appreciate your input. Thanks

I recently upgraded my eMac which is 2004 USB 2.0 model to a Pioneer 111D 16x Superdrive. Basically you follow the manual directions for removing the drive and then you plug in the new drive in its place and put your eMac back together. I found that turning the case 45 degrees makes it a lot easier to detach and re-attach the power button cable. I bought my drive from eBay for about $60 and it even came bundled with Tiger for eMac. I just swapped the drives, put the eMac back together, and the drive booted the next time I turned my computer on.
It doesn't take $450.00 worth of expertise, I'll tell you that. You just need the allan keys to take apart the case, a phillips head screwdriver, and maybe a flathead screwdriver to help you remove the Faraday plate. In replacing your superdrive, you really won't be coming in contact with the CRT capacitors so just make sure to touch a metal part in your compter to prevent static discharge like you would when installing memory. The only real tip I can give you is to keep your hands off the circuit board as best you can--you don't want to break it or get it dirty from the oils on your skin--thankfully the mounting rail for the drive makes this extremely easy.

Help needed to track down Problem in tiger with Pioneer DVR-110D

ok as i stated in another topic i own a Beige G3 AIO that is running OS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.4.8 and i have done allot to this system to get it to run faster and to run properly.
part of this setup has a Pioneer DVR-110D it there and when i bought it i was running OS 9.2.2 only. at first i could not burn anything with it cause it wasn't supported and when i went to put the system to sleep it would freeze when i would wake it up it never did this before i installed the drive so i knew what was causing it.
i turned off HDD sleep and the problem was fixed. but i didn't like the ideal of having the hdd running all the time when idle. me and a friend was talking about optical drive issues and he said he found this driver replacement for the apple cd/dvd driver called intech speed tool's 6.0 for OS 9.2.2 and that i should give it a try cause it fixed a few problems for him.
i downloaded the demo of it and installed it and i turned on hdd sleep and put the system to sleep and woke it back up and the system was running great. so now the wake up freeze problem was cured. but still no burn support. so after a few weeks of posting on here about the problem some one came by and said he knew what the problem was and sent me a modded PioneerCDR authoring support extension. i installed it and rebooted and opened iTunes and iTunes showed Pioneer DVR-110D as the devise to burn to. so i tryed it and behold it burned a audio cd with no problems.
later i bought a western digital SE 120gb hdd and installed it and partitioned it 3 times a 8gb first partition for OS X a second partition 10gb for OS 9.2.2 and the 3rd partition was the rest of the drives size for shared data and storage. the hdd worked great with no issues so it was time to try OS X on this system cause i was waiting to get a large HDD to do so.
i figured that the Pioneer drive would not boot the OS X jaguar cd and is a known problem with non apple cd rom drives. so i took out the Pioneer and reinstalled the apple 24x stock cd rom drive. and the jag install cd booted without a hitch. Jag installed and was running so i updated to 10.2.8 and found out the internal screen kept going out and locking the system up. so i searched this forum for the onboard video blackout and came across the terminal work around to get the system to behave itself with having more than 192mb ram installed. i rebooted and all went fine afterward.
i reinstalled the Pioneer drive and went to testing it all was fine everything mounted on the desktop that i put in the drive. but i lacked the ability to burn with the drive cause still the drive wasn't supported be the system so i searched the forum and came across the program called patchburn. i downloaded it and ran it and patched the driver to support iApps burning with this drive. so i put in a blank cd and went to burn in iTunes it burned flawlessly so i tryed a dvd-r with the finder it to burned flawlessly.
o loved playing a game planeshift and then they stopped supporting 10.2.8 so i went to buy the tiger install cd's. i already knew the Beige G3 was not a supported version of Os X on this system and you had to use xpostfacto 4 to install tiger on this system. so i did what i had to do to install tiger on the system and selected use old NDRV and selected to install tiger. which installed some files to boot tiger and rebooted yet again the Pionner drive refused to boot the install cd's . i got mad and held down the command option power key's for about 10 seconds and let off. the tiger installer booted and got to where it started to copy the files to the hdd and stalled out and the drive spun down never to spin back up or show signs of life so i powered down the system and removed the pioneer drive and put the stock 24x cdrom in and installed tiger.
after tiger was installed i shut down the system and installed the pioneer drive. and powered back on and it was in verbose mode showing what was going on one part showed that the Pioneer drive was detected but had no kernel dependencies and continued to boot. i went to repair the permitions when the onboard video went blank and the system locked up. i rembered that 10.2.8 did the same thing so i tried the 10.2.8 screen blackout fix in 10.4 and rebooted. the onboard video didnt come on but since i had a ATI Radeon 7000 i could work around in tiger to update to 10.4.7 at the time. i first repaired permitions and then ran software update and updated everything and rebooted. the onboard video came back on allong with the ATI Radeon 7000 which being used as boot video device and shown the gray apple logo with the spinning pin wheel at the bottom.
so far tiger was running great so i put a disk in the drive and nothing it didn't mount anything so i ejected it with the button on front of the drive and tryed a dvd movie and got the same nothing as with the cd. so i rebooted with the dvd in the drive al behold tiger mounted the dvd but as soon as i would try to do anything with it the drive would stop and i would have to reboot the system to gain the drive back so i can repair permissions. and never tryed to use the drive again
10.4.8 update came out i updated to it using software update and rebooted. the update went flawless so i thought to myself what if the pioneer drive worked now. so i put a cd in the drive and it mounted the disk. then i ejected it with amazement and put a dvd in and it to mounted. so i tryed to play the dvd and it played the dvd to the end of the movie. i took out the dvd and rebooted. i tryed to put the dvd back in but it didnt mount. which ****** me off as to why it was just working and now its not.
i rebooted and the dvd mounted as soon as the desktop showed up so i tried to play it but this time it only played for about 10-13 minutes before the drive stopped spinning which made dvd player stop responding which made me have to force quit the dvd player and try to restart which gave me a kernel panic. so i forced restarted (got a forum to send to apple to report the KP so i did) and the dvd mounted once again as soon as the desktop showed so i ejected the dvd and put a audio cd in and it mounted and i played the hole cd. so i ejected that and put a blank cd in and treed to burn and it got to 30% and then the drive spun down and made the disk utility stop responding. so i forced quit disk utility and rebooted. once it rebooted nothing popped up so i pressed the eject button on the drive and the cd r came out.
the OS X 10.4.8 update made the drive more stable but still wont burn anything. some times it will still not mount anything, some time it will not play anything, and still fails to copy files over to the hdd. so now im left to believe its a driver issue some where since this drive worked so flawlessly in jaguar and OS 9 but fails to work properly in tiger.
i looked in the extensions in ASP in 10.4.8 and there is a few extensions showing errors. i made a list of them to show
PatchedAppleNVRAM:
Version: 3.0
Last Modified: 8/9/05 6:07 PM
Location: /System/Library/Extensions/PatchedAppleNVRAM.kext
kext Version: 3.0
Load Address: 0x4db000
Valid: Yes
Authentic: Yes
Dependencies: Incomplete
Dependency Errors:
com.macsales.iokit.OpenOldWorldNVRAM: No valid version of this dependency can be found
Integrity: Unknown
OpenPMUNVRAMController:
Version: 2.0
Last Modified: 8/9/05 6:08 PM
Location: /System/Library/Extensions/OpenPMUNVRAMController.kext
kext Version: 2.0
Load Address: 0x63a000
Valid: Yes
Authentic: Yes
Dependencies: Incomplete
Dependency Errors:
com.macsales.iokit.OpenOldWorldNVRAM: No valid version of this dependency can be found
Integrity: Unknown
GossamerDeviceTreeUpdater:
Version: 3.0
Last Modified: 8/9/05 6:07 PM
Location: /System/Library/Extensions/GossamerDeviceTreeUpdater.kext
kext Version: 3.0
Load Address: 0x63d000
Valid: Yes
Authentic: Yes
Dependencies: Incomplete
Dependency Errors:
com.macsales.iokit.OpenPMUNVRAMController: No valid version of this dependency can be found
Integrity: Unknown
that is the list of extensions that are reporting some sort of errors. at first i was figuring it was a problem with the driver for the Pioneer drive but my friend brought over his digital audio G4 which was also running 10.4.8. and we decided to try the drive in his Mac to see if there was any problems. it mounted everything we threw in it. it played dvd's great and played audio cd's great, it copied files over to the hdd without fail. it even burned a flawless cd. ok now the ideal of the driver for the drive was thrown out the window. so it has to be something else causing the problem. either a driver for a part on the motherboard or what i have no clue.
im just wondering what driver it would be causing a problem not allowing the Pioneer drive to work properly. cause its not the drive being bad cause it worked flawlessly in OS 9.2.2 and jaguar and in tiger in my friends digital audio G4
im just wondering if anyone might know what could be done to fix this problem cause i know it can be fixed but i don't know where to begin or how. so i ask you how could i begin to fix this
thank you all for baring with me and reading all this. i know i wrote allot but i had to explain what was going on before i could ask for help so you could better understand what was going on. i have already updated the firmware to the latest with no change the firmware use to be the old 1.11

yea i have along time ago and also made a update to xlr8's drive database. cause i fixed the problems with the drive in OS 9.2.2 (AKA no burn support with the built in burning app or iTunes, now have full support for burning with the finder burn and iTunes thanks to a edited PioneerCDR authoring support extension that someone edited for me. found out that the Apple CD/DVD driver extension was at fault for the locking up on wake up with hdd sleep enabled that started when i installed the Pioneer drive. fixed with intech CD/DVD speedtools 6.0).
When i did the first report on the drive database on xlr8yourmac i reported what problems i was having in OS 9.2.2 and i think i reported that i had no problems in jaguar, and was trying to obtain a driver or something to try to get it to work. but to no avail at first. after i fixed the problems i did a update report
in jaguar the drive had no problems but no burn support. installed patchburn and the drive worked 100% in jag no problems what so ever. im thinking it has somthing to do with one or all of the extensions with errors but i can be wrong.
i just wonder where ryan has been on the forums in OWC's site. cause i would like to submit my crash log panic log and the extensions with errors so he could help track down the problems to see if it cant be fixed. but ive tried emailing him but no replay's. and his last reply on the OWC forums was back in desember 2005 a few day's over a year
i know it isnt the drive cause it worked flawlessly in tiger 10.4.8 on my friends Digital Audio but i know why it worked fine cause it has the proper files for the DA to work cause its a supported system. i would like to try to help to get xpostfacto to work better on the Beige G3 system
in tiger if it is something to do with xpostfacto

Updating Pioneer 111D firmware VIA external USB connection

Hi all
I have a Pioneer 111D that I would like to update it's firmware from 1.16 to 1.29(?) but since
Pioneer doesn't do any firmware programs for Macs I would like to use my new MacBook (intel)
Bootcamp and do the update with a NewerTech USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter (http://www.newertech.com/products/usb2_adapt.php) but I'm not sure if it can be done via USB or it
has to be an internal connection. Any help with this would be very welcomed!!!!
Thanks!!!!

I don't think usb firmware update will work. you could pull the optical and take it to a small pc shop and have them flash it for you.
or try here:
http://flashman.rpc1.org/Firmware/PIONEER/DVR-111/
Message was edited by: Smokerz

Question for Mac Pro owners w/Pioneer DVR-112D superdrive: what firmware?

For those whose Mac Pro came pre-installed with the Pioneer DVR-112D superdrive, what firmware revision is it running?
The reason I'm asking is that I have an aftermarket 112D, bought from OWC, that I purchased for it's rip/burn speed advantage over the pokey, possibly riplock crippled, Sony DW-150A that came with my Mac Pro. This advantage was indeed gained, but at the expense of living with some quirkiness with the drive, namely the "two-ejects required" problem discussed here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...highlight=112D
This quirkiness has gotten worse since the latest Mac Pro EFI firmware update on 09/27/07. Now if I'm watching a movie from a DVD in the 112D tray, any extended pause (and by extended I only mean more than a minute or so) causes an unrecoverable error in DVD Player and I'm forced to restart the DVD Player and restart the movie.
My suspicion is that this all has something to do with some (overzealous?) power management feature in Mac OS X that's not playing nice with the existing 112D firmware (I'd be interested in hearing any other plausible theories).
Currently, my 112D firmware is at revision 1.06. There a number of updated firmware revisions for the 112D circulating on the internet, PC centric, of course and mostly related to disabling region-locking etc.
I'd like to match my 112D firmware to whatever Mac Pro owners with a 'bona-fide' 112D enjoy, if it's publicly available somewhere.
Thanks.

Forrest McElfresh1 wrote:
The latest Pioneer DVR-112D/212D OEM firmware is v. 1.22 dated august 7, 2007. My general practice is to Avoid Apple firmware on OEM drives, it often disables features and is most infrequently updated.
My 112D is at version 1.21. Over the years I have successfully updated the firmware in my Pioneers using the Terminal app DVRFlash. But DVRFlash doesn't support the 112 or 111 series (yet). I wondered how you had updated to 1.22. I know it can be done by connecting to a PC, (which includes Bootcamp, but not Parallels) but I don't have ready access to a PC. At the moment I am waiting for Leopard before going Bootcamp way.
Any advice?
Hope this isn't hijacking the thread.
Mike

Help Updating Firmware on New C3-01

Hi,
I just received my new C3-01 today and it's great. But, I'm having a problem updating to the latest firmware over a WIFI connection. When I attempt to download a software update from the phone it says "no new software update available".
I checked my current software version and it's V 05.60. The Nokia support site says there's an update available (software version 05.65/05.68).
Additional notes: I don't have a data plan so I can't connect over cellular network. Also, I don't have a USB cable that fits this new phone so I can't update via a computer.
Any recommendations on what to do would be appreciated. Thanks!

jstan1eyr,
The Ovi Store is an app, so I got it to work by accessing it directly from the Apps icon instead of the main menu icon.
Try accessing it from: Menu>>Apps>>Extras>>Collection>Store
Load the app. Once it loads it will ask to proceed with an update. Update. That will make the file 1.3MB in size.
I was able to update over a WLAN connection. If you're using WLAN make sure you are close enough to your router to get a good signal.
If you still get a message that says "sorry the store is not available" go back and try loading it again. If you still have trouble, try powering the phone on and off and try again.
In my opinion, the Ovi Store selection on the C3-01 isn't very impressive. Your limited to mostly silly apps and you can't find updates to useful apps like the Opera Mini brower.

PIoneer DVR-112D will not boot to retail Tiger DVD

I recently replaced the original Sony CRX155E CD-R/RW drive with a new Pioneer DVR-112D DVD +/- RW drive so that I could install Tiger and purchase an iPhone. I installed the drive, downloaded and ran Patchburn, and have used the drive for several days.
The drive plays and burns DVDs within OS 10.3.9 perfectly. It also recognizes the Tiger disc and all files within the Finder. However, when I attempt to install / upgrade Tiger, the Mac freezes upon startup. The Grey Apple screen appears with the Logo and spinning wheel at roughly 3x normal size and stays. I have let it sit in that state for up to 12 hours. There is no change.
To get back into OS X, I have to put my Panther disc in and boot into the installer. I then must change the boot drive back to my hard drive and reboot.
I have sifted pioneer's support site for a Mac driver and ran two superdrive firmware upgrades I found on Apple to no avail. Can anyone help?
Powermac G4 733Mhz Single Processor
Quicksilver
768 MB RAM
250GB Western Digital Hard Drive
Pioneer DVR-112D DVD Burner (Internal IDE)
AGP 32 MB Graphics Card (OEM)

Ben,
You really don't need any additional drivers or firmware updates for the 112D or for the QS G4 to enable the installation of Tiger. The 112D burner should work (and apparently does) with a simple swap with your old optical drive, followed by a PMU reset for good measure. The only significant thing you may be missing in your Panther OS is the DVD Player application, if your old optical drive was not DVD capable back when you installed Panther. However, this shouldn't affect your ability to do a Tiger install.
Boot to Safe Mode, which will run FSCK (file system check) for you, then use Disk Utility to run Repair Permissions, then shut down.
Check the Tiger disc to insure it's clean and unscratched.
You might boot Panther from your startup drive, load the Tiger disc, and copy it to your hard drive if you have the space available. If it copies over properly, the disc and the drive are likely okay. You can then trash/empty trash the copied data.
Take Japamac's advice, disconnect your peripherals and do a PMU reset to clear your startup memory, setting it back to its defaults. Insure that you indeed are using a Retail version of the Tiger install DVD, which is a black disc with a large "X" on it. Using an upgrade version or a gray OEM version of the Tiger disc will likely present problems on your Mac, during or after an install.
Gary

P35 Neo2-FR issues with Pioneer DVR-212 SATA ODD on Intel ICH9R

I need some help here, guys, as I am having weirdest issues with Pioneer DVR-212 on my mobo. Everything else is working fine - 4GB Geil DDRII 800, C2D 4600, P35 Neo2-FR, stock settings. I allready updated the bios to the lates revision - 1.8 and drive's firmware to 1.24 - and it does not help.
Basically, drive just locks up and stops responding during writing or even reading a DVD when it's connected to Intel SATA. Tried ImgBurn, Nero, InfraRecorder - same issue happens in Linux, too. When connected to Marvell SATA port - drive behave better and at least this lock up issues stop.
Drive is currently connected to SATA 5 port (1 and 2 are ESATA, 3 and 4 are HDD's and they have 0 issues, 5 is burner - tested other ports and 6 is empty). Drive just stops to respond. In BIOS, Inte l controller is in AHCI mode, but I disabled the port on which Pioneer is - as I read that optical drives have issues with AHCI. Drive is visible in Vista (32 bit SP1) but locking issues happen all the time. Are there some known issues with my motherboard and it's SATA controler? Or issues with this particular drive? Or maybe issues with AHCI mode? I repeat, this lock up issues go away when I connect it to Marvel SATA port - although I don't have the feeling it's working properly, it appears to be working with almost zero issues. I had a lock even now, while writing this - on 32% on reading an image... The rig is prime stable 24h, and works without restarting for weeks. This is the only issue - no issues with hard drives (SEAGATE 320 Barracuda 7200.10 3320620AS and a Maxtor 160GB STM3160811AS). Any help or ideas appreciated!!!

Yes - here are details...
MSI P35 NEO2-FR v1.1 bios 1.8
Intel Core2Duo [email protected] - stock
XFX Nvidia Geforce 8600gt
GEIL Ultra 4x1 GB DDR800 - stock
Seagate Barracuda 320GB ST3320620AS SATA
Maxtor DiamondMax 160GB STM3160811AS SATA
Pioneer DVR-212 SATA firmware 1.24
Chieftec PSU 410W
Cooler Master CM690 Case
Windows Vista 32bit SP1 + Ubuntu 8.04 64 bit (with 2.6.25 hand compiled kernel)
What bugs me the most is that I can't find similar issues on the net - very, very few issues solved by setting the AHCI port to which burner is connnected to non-AHCI mode and that the optical drive behaves better when connected to Marvel SATA controller, rather then Intel SATA...
Issues repeats in Linux and in Windows...
Any thoughts appreciated...

Pioneer DVR-106D & Airport Extreme card conflict...

Bought this G5 back in Dec 2005, used, and everything works great. Until I added the Airport Extreme Card to it. Now the DVD drive will not acknowledge any disk placed in it. It spins, makes a couple odd noises, repeats this several times and then spits out the disk. Removed the Airport card and the dvd drive works fine.
System Profiler had no problem showing the drive profile, whether the airport card was in or not. It also shows the firmware version as being 5.0.7f0. Tech Tool Pro says the computer was built in Nov 2003.
Tried to do a firmware update but the program said it was not needed or that I needed OSX 10.3.9. Does this mean I'm going to have to re-install 10.3.9 to get a firmware update to see if this is the problem? Or am I missing something as far as the Airport and DVD are concerned?
Thanks...
G5 Dual 2Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.7) 1 GB Ram, 200 GB main HD, 300 GB secondary HD, Pioneer DVR-106D
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