I have a G4 with a Pinoneer DVR-110 DVD burner installed. The drive is practically brand new-- I bought it new 2-3 months ago.
I have burned only a few CDs with it in this time period, and I have not yet even burned a DVD with it. The other day I tried burning a DVD for the first time with Toast 6.0.9 but the burn failed part way through and the Mac froze up. I had to do a cold reboot. (I am running OS X 10.2.8, FWIW). Doing this seems to have completely killed the drive for all practical purposes. Is this possible? The drive is basically brand new. I have never killed a drive in this manner, and believe me, I've had plenty of experience with CD-ROM mechanisms in both the PC and Mac world. The most common death I've experienced with these things is eventual misalignment of the read/write laser after extreme extended use. I thought these Pioneer drives were supposed to be pretty damn good drives-- that's why I bought Pioneer. The only thing that works on the drive now is the tray eject and inject. Putting *ANY* kind of optical medium in the drive does nothing. The drive/OS/Mac does not acknowledge anything is in the drive at all. Actually, it doesn't sound like the drive even spins up anymore. I've barely used this drive. How would it be possible for the motor to have burned out? In ~20 years of computing I've never had a motor burn out on a CD-ROM mechanism even on a drive that's experienced years and years of extreme use. Other things always seem to go defective first. In a fit of frustration I tried everything I can think of. I've booted into OS 9 to see if maybe it was an OS problem. Same result. I even replaced the ribbon cable, just in case. No go. I know it is not the ATA interface because I have a ZIP drive on the same bus/cable as the Pioneer and the ZIP drive still works like a champ. Ideas? Anyone ever had this problem with a new Pioneer burner? Or better yet, a remedy? Or have I just thrown a bunch of money down the toilet? If that's the case, then these Pioneer drives are piles of crap and I definitely won't be purchasing Pioneer for my replacement. Thanks in advance for any input. -Nat -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
