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November 23rd, 2004, 11:42 PM
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| Optical Drive keep alive ? is it possible Hello Peeps here's the situation: i just put in a new NEC DVD+-RW 2510a into my B&W G4 450 and its working like a charm. I used pathburn2 to get iApps support, (mainly burning in iTunes). i dont know if its patch burn or OSX thats causing the problem but its been noted on the drivedb that this drive isnt 100% compatible. basically anytime a disk is left in the drive and it spins down, the volume is lost, and there is no way to eject till a reboot. logically the easiest way to deal is to not leave a disk in the drive, but this is a pain when im coping gigs off a disk, or my roomies are playing toons off a cd, no one wants to sit there waiting to eject, in fear of missing the end and 'timing out'. ive thought of a work-around, and im hoping for a little help from the pro's (thats where you come in) is there a way to have a script that gets activated on disk insert that will do a keep alive. like an 'ls' or anything on a timed cycle till eject, to get around this little 'bug'. thats the best way ive figured out to deal, if anyone has a better idea please speak up. any help would be appreciated thanks yall  |
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#2
November 24th, 2004, 12:57 AM
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| Which OS X are you running? If you are on Panther don't you need PatchBurn 3? http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/16466 |
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November 24th, 2004, 12:58 AM
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| If you haven't already done so, I would uncheck the "Put hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" option in the Energy Saver preferences. There was a problem with early Pioneer DVD-RW drives similar to yours, and unchecking this option solved it for most.
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November 28th, 2004, 12:44 PM
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| thanks yall Well, im a bone head... who asks for tech support and forgets which OS thier on i should know this kind of thing too, because i do web support, mey, anyway, i am on panther, so good call 'andychrist' to try patchburn 3. but i swear when i baught my drive, there wasnt a v3 yet and 'ElDiabloConCaca' as for the power saver thing, i read that on the driveDB, tried it (with v2) but it did nothing for me now with patchburn 3 profiles installed (and the power saver off) my disk volumes are no longer getting lost. Thanks gang thats another unsolved mistery, under raps yall rock |
