It the drive is OK, then the other option is the media. If a burning program defaults to 2x, then generally the media is only good for 2x burning.
I know that is how Burn and many others work. Not sure about toast, but I see no logical reason why it would not be the same. What media do you use for burning? cjc On 09/03/2012, at 2:05 PM, Brian Christmas wrote: > >> 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
