MacPro 2nd DVD Drive Bay Issue

[johny5]

You can also have an eject icon placed on the menu bar up top that you can click to select which drive to eject.

Um how do you do that please?



:EDIT:

oh how embarrassing, its already there!!!

 

[UberD]

LG H20L Not working

I connected a LG H20L to one of the ODD ports and the stock HDD to the other ODD ports on my new 2008 Mac Pro. I installed data disks on the other 4 bays. The machine booted up fine, just as if the original drive was still in bay 1. I saw the power lights on the LG H20L light up, and I heard it spin. I can not eject it though. I have tried the option+ eject key, the eject key etc. When I look in system profiler I see the hdd model number under one of the sata controllers, but I do not see any other driver detail. Powering on and off did not help. I read in this string that the ports only work for HDD's... is that true?

 

[UberD]

It was the sata cable

My issue with no eject ended up being a cable issue. Swapped the cable, and presto eject works

 

[Amigalander]

I flashed the stock Optiarc 7170-A in the machine from firmware 1.N8 to Liggy's 1.02c which I got here. and it definitely helped speed the thing up.

My early 2008 Mac Pro Optiarc AD-7170A has a 1.NC firmware. I don't see a modded 1.NC firmware anywhere on the Liggy & Dee site.

The stock firmwares are riplocked right? I'd love to unriplock mine, but I'm not sure what strategies I might lose if I flashed with a non-1.NC modded firmware.