Have you tried different brands of CDs? Sometimes that could cause problems.
But if it's dead, it's dead. You can get a 20-speed Pioneer DVD-DL Superdrive from OWC for 30 bucks. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powermac/ rob On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 11:03 PM, Ben Hershberg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> When I try to burn CDs on my G5 it's been giving me a "can't >> calibrate media" error message and not working. I've tried cleaning >> the CD drive, running disk utilities and using different CDs and >> nothing has worked. Does it sound like the CD drive is >> malfunctioning and must be replaced--which may not make sense on a >> machine this age--or might there be some other problem that can be >> fixed less expensively? Thanks for any suggestions--Ben Zion Hershberg >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
