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SATA or IDE DVD drive.

after some serious reaching about my issue with DVD drive, I found out that issue wasn't my LG DVD rw but it was applenforceata.kext. Not sure If medevil or anyone else have fixed applenforceata.kext issue to work with sata DVD drivers so…

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@huguissimo Published 2010-05-10
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OSx86 Core & 10.X
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4,582 historical reads · 2 curated field notes (from 5 dispatches) · 2010-05-10
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@huguissimo (3)@00010@eMatoS

after some serious reaching about my issue with DVD drive, I found out that issue wasn't my LG DVD rw but it was applenforceata.kext.
Not sure If medevil or anyone else have fixed applenforceata.kext issue to work with sata DVD drivers so I have come across many people that switched their sata DVD drive for IDE DVD and they claimed that the issue is now gone and they could now watch DVD on their osx86 and burn disk.

So I come to you forum! If I purchase an IDE DVD drive will my issue of "device not working" be fixed? Will I be able to burn disk and watch DVD on my macosx86?

Author Updates & Technical Revisions

Follow-up dispatches by @huguissimo

Author Update #1 @huguissimo 2010-05-10

it was HUGE fail..
I got a massive FEDE message cross my screen..
I was able to restore the MAC by entering Safe mode and replacing with default files.

Any other ideas?

Author Update #2 @huguissimo 2010-05-10

Alright.. Tomorrow I will be getting a IDE drive.

Synthesized Community Field Notes

2 technical responses curated from 5 original dispatches

Field Note #1 @00010 2010-05-10

Use the test version of the AppleNForceATA.

00010

Field Note #2 @eMatoS 2010-05-10

No kext will let you write on a sata drive with an nforceata chipset. Just get the ide drive and you'll be fine.

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@huguissimoPrimary Author32010-05-10
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@eMatoSContributor12010-05-10