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itrmedia · Dec 7, 2001, 07:08 PM

I just recently purchased a dvdr drive. I installed it and had no problem at all. I then took the dvd drive that came with my computer(powermac dp450) and put it into an external firewire case. My computer can see the drive in OSX and os9, but i cannot mount any discs, does anyone know of a driver or something that will work?

thanks

PcNukin101 · Dec 10, 2001, 11:35 AM

try checking on the company that made the dvd drive for a driver updator. If that doesnt work, then try optimizing your extensions folder, there might be 2 conflicting ones.

SkiBikeSki · Dec 11, 2001, 01:18 AM

That's really wierd that the drive works internally but not in a firewire drive. You'd think that Apple would be smart enough to drive it in either case.

kbbaucom · Dec 11, 2001, 08:13 AM

It might be the controller in the firewire case causing the problem. What case is it? I tested my DVD drive in my CD-R's firewire case. It showed up in ASP in 9 and X, but would not mount CDs or DVDs in either. It was showing up as a Yamaha CRW2100, which is my CD-R model, even though it was the DVD drive in the case.