Is my SuperDrive Sleepy?

[Ezd50]

I've been having my Pioneer DVR 106D for a couple of weeks now. And I just can't figure something out. When I first boot up my QS 733 G4 the drive works flawlessly. However, if I allow a disk to remain in the drive long enough for my machine to go to sleep, when wake it up, the drive does not respond. If I drag the disc icon to the trash it throws the image away, but that's it, no eject. If I double click the icon, it does nothing.
I'm running Panther, my ATA drive order is HD-0, SuperDrive-1
Oh, I've already returned one drive thinking it was defective. Apparently it wasn't the drive, could it be a setting?
Please help.

EZD

 

[DeltaMac]

I'm running Panther, my ATA drive order is HD-0, SuperDrive-1

EZD

Maybe you should try changing the superdrive's jumper setting. It may need to be drive-0 also. Change the jumper settings so your superdrive is set as a Master (not cable-select). Before you ask, your two drives are connected to separate IDE busses, and both buses can have master drives (or drive-0). The issue that I have seen, is a SuperDrive that is not set specifically as Master, may not be fully functional on your system. If a simple jumper change fixes that, then try it out!

 

[ElDiabloConCaca]

Open System Preferences, then go to the Energy Saver preference pane. UNcheck "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible." This should fix the problem.

 

[Ezd50]

Maybe you should try changing the superdrive's jumper setting. It may need to be drive-0 also. Change the jumper settings so your superdrive is set as a Master (not cable-select). Before you ask, your two drives are connected to separate IDE busses, and both buses can have master drives (or drive-0). The issue that I have seen, is a SuperDrive that is not set specifically as Master, may not be fully functional on your system. If a simple jumper change fixes that, then try it out!

Thanks, I didn't realize they were on two separate busses, I give it a try.

EZD