> On 09/03/2012, at 1:52 PM, Dan wrote: > > At 5:45 PM +1100 3/8/2012, Brian Christmas wrote: >> Running Lion 7.3 with Toast 11. >> >> One of my granddaughters put an SD card into the CD slot, and by the time we >> managed to retrieve it, I needed a new drive. >> > Well, better an SD card than oatmeal. > >> Toast will only burn DVD's at 2x now, whereas the old drive burnt at 5x. > > This new drive - exactly what make/model is it? > > Check the drive's capabilities - both by its actual specs and by looking at > it with System Profiler. > > Does Toast explicitly support that particular drive at the higher speed? > > Does it burn at faster speeds if you use a different tool, such as Finder or > Burn? > > Try different media. > > Try cleaning it... > > - Dan. > -- > - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth.
G'day, and thanks Dan. OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5680H: Firmware Revision: 3AHB Interconnect: ATAPI Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipping Drive) Cache: 2048 KB Reads DVD: Yes CD-Write: -R, -RW DVD-Write: -R, -R DL, -RW, +R, +R DL, +RW Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO Media: To show the available burn speeds, insert a disc and choose View > Refresh I tried burning 8 DVD's last night, and had some success after setting the write speed to '8x DVD' twice. it then burnt at 4 to 8 speed, average speed 5. The first time, it did not work, but after the second try it did. However, closing and re-opening Toast, the setting failed to stick, and it reverted to 2x. Regards Santa -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
