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DVD/Super Drive problem

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whirlntwirl

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Apr 8, 2005
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Hi All--

I'm having a strange problem with my Powerbook's DVD burner. I've had the PB for over a year, it plays and write CDs with no problem. It views DVDs (movies) great. But it will not accept any blank DVDs to write to. It just spits them back out after a minute. It does that while trying to go through iDVD, also. This is the first I've noticed it, as this is the first time I've tried to burn a DVD on it.

I've tried numerous brands of discs. Ones that I've tried work okay on my PB at work, no problem. I'm up to date on my OS version (10.3.8). I've also run the Apple Hardware Test, and it says everything is fine.

Has anyone ever encountered this, and/or have any suggestions?

wt
 
whirlntwirl said:
Hi All--

I'm having a strange problem with my Powerbook's DVD burner. I've had the PB for over a year, it plays and write CDs with no problem. It views DVDs (movies) great. But it will not accept any blank DVDs to write to. It just spits them back out after a minute. It does that while trying to go through iDVD, also. This is the first I've noticed it, as this is the first time I've tried to burn a DVD on it.

I've tried numerous brands of discs. Ones that I've tried work okay on my PB at work, no problem. I'm up to date on my OS version (10.3.8). I've also run the Apple Hardware Test, and it says everything is fine.

Has anyone ever encountered this, and/or have any suggestions?

wt
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This happened on a friend's PB once. It turned out it was a bad superdrive. I hope that's not the case for you, but it sounds like you've exhausted most other possibilities. If you purchased applecare though, then you're sweet - so just go get it checked.
 
yellow said:
Can you please post the results of (Open /Applications/Utilites/Terminal and type):

drutil info
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Vendor Product Rev
MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-816 DXJ3

Interconnect: ATAPI
Support Level: Apple Shipping
Cache: 2048k
CD-Write: -R, -RW, BUFE, CDText, Test, IndePts, ISRC
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, BUFE, Test
Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
 
Alrighty..

Just to be sure, you're using DVD-R/RW media right? Your SuperDrive doesn't support DVD+R/RW, and if you've been using that, it would account for what you're seeing.


You've done a pretty solid job of troubleshooting so far. I would suggest a PMU reset..

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449

Beyond that, try logging in as another user (create one if need be) and try burning to a DVD. If it works in another user, then you know it's relegated to your user and should be easyish to fix. If not, then it's system-wide and you should probably take it to an Apple Certified repair group.
 
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