Hi there... I have an issue when trying to burn DVDs with my PowerBook G4 (12" screen, running 10.4.11). It seems to have had "issues" for a little while but having just had three out of four DVDs turn out at coasters I'd love to know what might be the cause.
Using Toast (6.11) I can get the computer to burn a disc (it seems) OK, but it has failed three times during the verification. However, the speed that I select in the "Write Speed" options menu has no relation to the actual burning speed. One disc took 9 minutes or so at supposedly 4x speed, and when I selected 2x, it took just under two minutes! These oddities seem to be the case irrespective of whether I use the internal Superdrive or an external firewire LaCie which I prefer to use. Going back in time, two years ago I had the in-built superdrive replaced under extended warranty (just) at Robert Harding's place. I remember chatting to the engineer there who pointed out something to me that I have no idea what needs to be done to fix it: He said, that when he looked into the "About this Mac" section, he could not find any details of write speeds in connection with the built-in drive - either the old one or the subsequent replacement. I do not know how to correct this, if indeed it can be corrected. If any of this makes any sense and someone can point me to the cause (other than rubbish discs, although they are Verbatim which have always been good in my experience) I would be grateful. Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
