2006 MacPRo Blu-Ray Drive Issue

[Paratel]

I have a 2006 MacPro running Lion. I have previously installed a Panasonic Blu-Ray Burner which was working great. Now somehow the drive does not get recognized by my Mac unless I reboot. Once I reboot, it works fine until some time goes by and it doesn't realize it's there. It won't let me eject any discs or anything unless I reboot again. Any ideas?

 

[SDAVE]

Can you try the other IDE port?

Are you using an IDE to SATA adapter? Or are you using the extra SATA Ports?

 

[Paratel]

I believe it's the IDE on the board. Ill see if I can get to the other one. It was a pain to get this one plugged in lol

 

[SDAVE]

So the BD drive is IDE? Hm, not sure if I've ever seen a BD drive with IDE and I bought one of the first BD drives for another PC when they started to become available.

 

[Paratel]

Perhapsl I am mistaken

 

[SDAVE]

Ah, so you must be using the ODD SATA port.

You need to try the second port then.

 

[Paratel]

So I Placed the SATA cable into the other port on the board and outdoes the same thing as before. I have to reboot the Mac each time for it to recognize it.
Crapples