I'm putting together an AMD system with a Foxconn NF4SK8AA-8EKRS motherboard that uses the Nforce4 SLI chipset. I've been shopping for a burner to complete this rig, but have read that SATA burning is not supported with NF4 chipset SATA ports because of a problem in the NF4 SATA driver kext.

The thing is my board includes an additional onboard Silicon Image 3132 PCI-E SATA controller. If I use the a port from the 3132 chip for the burner, will I be able to burn on this setup without the NF4 SATA driver kext interfering? I will be loading that kext on top of the 3132 kext because I need the NF4 SATA ports for my boot drive and data drive.

I've repeatedly seen the 3132 recommended for use with OSx86 as an add-on card, and I assume that the integrated chip on the motherboard should show up just the same (as a PCI-E device) and should work using the same drivers.

Also, any specific SATA burners you guys recommended? I have been looking at Lite On and Pioneer. Thanks.

The SiliconImage 3112 controllers are for harddisk only. Use a nForce 4 port or best an IDE burner - it's most comatible.

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Does the same apply to the 3132? The motherboard in your sig uses a 3112/3114, a PCI model, but the 3132 is a newer and is on PCI-E. Silicon Image offers official OS X drivers for the newer 3132 based PCI-E cards, but didn't for the older 3112/3114 models.

Official Silicon Image 3114 Drivers
Official Silicon Image 3132 Drivers

I can't find a single account of someone running a burner off a 3132 based card but figured it would work because of how widely recommended that chip is for OS X.

Also, I have read in several places that nforce4 SATA burning doesn't work, but those accounts were from a few months ago. I don't think it should work. Are you running an SATA burner on your nforce4 SATA ports?

I will probably avoid the headache and just get an IDE model, the only issue is cable clutter affecting airflow, and not being able to reuse the drive in a newer system. Annoying, but not a dealbreaker.