Comments on: MCE Blu-Ray Burner: So Far, So-So http://arcadia.brunchboy.com/2008/08/mce-blu-ray-so-far/ Oh, we have time, I think. –Septimus Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:18:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: James Elliott http://arcadia.brunchboy.com/2008/08/mce-blu-ray-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-370 James Elliott Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:18:37 +0000 http://arcadia.brunchboy.com/?p=12#comment-370 I’ve since replaced my PowerMac G5 with a 2009 Mac Pro, and the drive is working fine in the second bay alongside the Apple-installed SuperDrive, although Toast is still not happy with it. I can burn Blu-ray data discs from the Finder, and will be trying with Final Cut Studio one of these weeks. The new machine has SATA interfaces for the optical drive, so I was able to eliminate the problematic ATAPI adapter entirely. The hard lockups that plagued my G5 with the drive and adapter have not happened with this configuration. Best of luck in your troubleshooting! -Jim I’ve since replaced my PowerMac G5 with a 2009 Mac Pro, and the drive is working fine in the second bay alongside the Apple-installed SuperDrive, although Toast is still not happy with it. I can burn Blu-ray data discs from the Finder, and will be trying with Final Cut Studio one of these weeks.

The new machine has SATA interfaces for the optical drive, so I was able to eliminate the problematic ATAPI adapter entirely. The hard lockups that plagued my G5 with the drive and adapter have not happened with this configuration.

Best of luck in your troubleshooting!

-Jim

]]> By: Paul http://arcadia.brunchboy.com/2008/08/mce-blu-ray-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Paul Mon, 27 Jul 2009 06:30:38 +0000 http://arcadia.brunchboy.com/?p=12#comment-369 Hello, I installed a drive in my 2006 MacPro this weekend and I am getting exactly the same issues. I disabled the original superdrive to just leave the MCE drive in place but the same issues occur. Did you get anywhere this may have to go back and try an external USB drive. Cheers Paul Hello,

I installed a drive in my 2006 MacPro this weekend and I am getting exactly the same issues. I disabled the original superdrive to just leave the MCE drive in place but the same issues occur.

Did you get anywhere this may have to go back and try an external USB drive.

Cheers
Paul

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