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Intermittent disc burning errors - iMac G5

wrldwzrd89

wrldwzrd89

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A couple of days ago, I was trying to burn some DVDs. I put the disc in, and it was recognized as writable, but when I tried to burn, it would fail right away with a strange error code. If I tried again, sometimes it worked, sometimes I got the same error again.

I'm thinking it's either a bug in 10.4.8 or a problem with my drive, since multiple DVDs had the exact same issue, and both eventually burned just fine. Anyone know why this might be occurring?
 
mad jew

mad jew

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Dust, anybody?


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Were they different branded DVDs and what exactly was the error code? What app are you using to burn with? :)
 
wrldwzrd89

wrldwzrd89

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mad jew said:
Dust, anybody?

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Were they different branded DVDs and what exactly was the error code? What app are you using to burn with? :)
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Apple-branded DVDs.
Error code is 0x8002006D.
Finder is used as the burning app.
 
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bozigle

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surrounded by people dress in white... they say i'
I got couple of problem once in a while with burning dvd
i think it might be because of resources thinggy.
My solution instead of burning directly from any software that does something else (iphoto,idvd,toast...) i save as image and then later on when i'm not doing anything else that would slowdown the G5, i burn the image onto dvd.
never had problem ever since
bozigle
 
mad jew

mad jew

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Okay, that's a pretty generic disc error code and has been around since well before 10.4.8 but is usually associated with cheaper media. It could mean a variety of things but start with this:


  • Try using a drive lens cleaner.
  • Restart Finder.
  • Reboot your machine.
  • Use a lower burn speed.
  • Use a new batch of discs. Even though they're Apple-braqnded and generally considered to be very high quality, they may have been damaged by sunlight, heat or torsion.


Hopefully that helps a tad, mate. :)
 
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MollyW

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Nov 4, 2008
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Make sure you have plenty of hard disk space available too - at least the same as the DVD you're trying to burn to...
 
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