Okay... here's what I've done so far. I ran memtest in single user mode, no problems found. I reran it on a regular restart, no problems found. I used the Hardware Test from the Restore DVD, no problems found. Internal DVD burner accepts 8x burn in preferences but still refuses to burn faster than 1x/2x with both Toast 9.0.2 and Disk Utility.
Hooked up Firewire DVD burner... burns discs (same brand/spool) at 8x and even 12x and 16x in both Toast 9.0.2 and Disk Utility. Retried internal burner and nothing changed from the 1x/2x maximum actual burn. Does any of this disprove bad RAM or prove ??? It's a refurbished machine, 9 days with me. I burned maybe 10 DVDs prior to changing the RAM, all at 8x. I noticed the problem after upgrading from the 2x1GB sticks to 2x2GB RAM chips from OWC, using their branded RAM. <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/6400DDR2S4MP/> Tomorrow I'm going to clone the drive and reinstall the OS plus Toast to see if I get the same results on the internal drive but if I don't have to because someone sees a hint.... all the more better. Steve R --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
