Mac Pro Special Report: Blu-ray drive support

Some users are experimenting with placing Blu-Ray drives in their Mac Pros' extra optical bays.

One reader placed a Pioneer BDR-101A unit in his system, and reports that while System Profiler accurately sees the drive, and it can recognize standard DVDs, it is unable to access or burn Blu-Ray discs which are not recognized and do not mount in the Finder.

Preliminary information indicates that the ATI X1900 (a BTO option for the Mac Pro) has support for HDCP, which is required for Blu-Ray disc playback. Whether or not Apple will add software support for this card has yet to be determined.

Index:

• AirPort and Bluetooth must be installed by service provider
• Apple Hardware Test issues
• Audio problems: Line out settings, distortion
• Blu-ray drive support
• Boot Camp issues: Getting proper SATA throughput, more
• Do-it-yourself manuals
• External device problems: System hangs, startup/shutdown/sleep problems, more
• Freezes during heavy disk activity
• Graphics card support
• Keyboards: Use of third-party devices can cause problems
• Memory (RAM): Usage of third-party modules; more
• Network transfer freezes
• PCI Express slots explained
• Power supply failures
• Technical notes: Processors are upgradeable, model string identifier, more

Index:

• AirPort and Bluetooth must be installed by service provider
• Apple Hardware Test issues
• Audio problems: Line out settings, distortion
• Blu-ray drive support
• Boot Camp issues: Getting proper SATA throughput, more
• Do-it-yourself manuals
• External device problems: System hangs, startup/shutdown/sleep problems, more
• Freezes during heavy disk activity
• Graphics card support
• Keyboards: Use of third-party devices can cause problems
• Memory (RAM): Usage of third-party modules; more
• Network transfer freezes
• PCI Express slots explained
• Power supply failures
• Technical notes: Processors are upgradeable, model string identifier, more

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