SuperDrive will not burn dvds

[iloaders]

I have a G5 PowerMac and it has a SuperDrive. I can still watch DVDs but I cannot burn them. When I put in a blank it just spits them out.

I don't know if this has anything to do with it but my iDVD is not compatable with the version of OSX I am running.

I can't even burn music onto a DVD from itunes. CDs work fine though.

 

[spinnerlys]

Have you taken a look at System Profiler?

What Mac OS X and iDVD version do you have (you mentioned it but were not clear)?

 

[polotska]

It's probably just a failed optical drive. It's not at all uncommon for failed/failing drives to lose on type of functionality (e.g. DVD burning capabilities) but not another (DVD reading capabilities). Luckily they aren't very expensive.

 

[iloaders]

This is what it says and I downloaded dragon burn and it read my disc once and then it would not do it again.

 

[GadgetgirlG5]

Can I burn DVD DL disc on my G5?

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1
Serial Number: G85198ZBRU2

Firmware Revision: KAS7
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

Want to know if I can burn to DVD Double Layer Discs with my computer's superdrive?

 

[spinnerlys]

Hardware Overview:

Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac7,3
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (3.0)
Number Of CPUs: 2
CPU Speed: 2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 3 GB
Bus Speed: 1 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.4f1
Serial Number: G85198ZBRU2

Firmware Revision: KAS7
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media: No

Want to know if I can burn to DVD Double Layer Discs with my computer's superdrive?

It seems so.

 

[oneeach]

DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL

The last entry (+R DL) says that you can write to +R Dual Layer disks.