PMG5 optical drive failure?

[Jethryn Freyman]

Yeah, baseline dual 1.8 June 2004 G5 tower. Pioneer DVD burner.

These days it just spins up and down CDs/DVDs, takes a few minutes, and pits them out. No error message. Toast Titanium sense something along the lines of "MEDIUM ERROR SENSE KEY".

Any ideas?

System Profiler::

PIONEER DVD-RW  DVR-117D:
  Firmware Revision:    B705
  Interconnect:    ATAPI
  Burn Support:    Yes (Apple Shipping Drive)
  Cache:    2000 KB
  Reads DVD:    Yes
  CD-Write:    -R, -RW
  DVD-Write:    -R, -RW, +R, +RW
  Write Strategies:    CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
  Media:    Insert media and refresh to show available burn speeds

 

[chibiterasu]

Hi there my iMac G4 also has a disc drive that doesn't work but it still shows up in system profiler. You could always try a lens cleaning disc or some compressed air, but I would say you probably need to get a new disc drive and there not very expensive on eBay and should be really easy to install in a PM G5.

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Also, media is good quality Kodak/Verbatim CD/DVD stuff. Works fine in my Macbook. Single layer stuff, east.

 

[chibiterasu]

Also, media is good quality Kodak/Verbatim CD/DVD stuff. Works fine in my Macbook. Single layer stuff, east.

I also use verbatim, and you can always try the odd DVD or cd that know works in the mac. I still think that a new disc drive will be best and even if it did read something disc drives never get better.

 

[olsend81]

Get a new DVD drive

Hey that same thing happened to my drive also. I just got a new one from goodwill for $3 works great.