[ALUG] Asus P5W DH Deluxe mainboard and IDE interfaces

[Barry Samuels]

Chris
On 13/02/07 14:55:13, Chris Glover wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Barry Samuels wrote:
>> 
>> Is there a way around this JMicron problem (DVD not recognised) or  
>> do I have to wait for the JMicron drivers in the kernel to be  
>> improved?
>> 
> 
> Hi Barry,
> 
> I've got the Asus P5B with that nasty JMicron controller on it.
> 
> I bought an SATA-> IDE adaptor, connected one end to the Intel AHCI  
> controller and the other to the DVD drive. It works fine with my NEC  
> ND4520. Also, cdrecord doesn't bitch now about "opening device by  
> name is not supproted and may not work!"
> 
> http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=176415
> 
> Hope that helps
> 
> Chris

I had thought of that but I would like to try and get the current  
configuration working if possible. I'll give it a little more time but  
many thanks for the suggestion.

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