Thanks for in interesting suggestion! I'll give it a try. On 9 May 2011 17:16, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote:
> For the internal DVD drive, wrap a microfibre cloth round a credit card, > pass it into the slot and move side to side gently, that should clean any > dust off the lens and has worked for me in the past. > > Regards > > Sam > > -- > MacAmbulance > Sam Mullen > 07747778022 > [email protected] > > On 9 May 2011, at 15:59, Andrew Tett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there... > > I have an issue when trying to burn DVDs with my PowerBook G4 (12" screen, > running 10.4.11). It seems to have had "issues" for a little while but > having just had three out of four DVDs turn out at coasters I'd love to know > what might be the cause. > > Using Toast (6.11) I can get the computer to burn a disc (it seems) OK, but > it has failed three times during the verification. However, the speed that > I select in the "Write Speed" options menu has no relation to the actual > burning speed. One disc took 9 minutes or so at supposedly 4x speed, and > when I selected 2x, it took just under two minutes! These oddities seem to > be the case irrespective of whether I use the internal Superdrive or an > external firewire LaCie which I prefer to use. > > Going back in time, two years ago I had the in-built superdrive replaced > under extended warranty (just) at Robert Harding's place. I remember > chatting to the engineer there who pointed out something to me that I have > no idea what needs to be done to fix it: He said, that when he looked into > the "About this Mac" section, he could not find any details of write speeds > in connection with the built-in drive - either the old one or the subsequent > replacement. I do not know how to correct this, if indeed it can be > corrected. > > If any of this makes any sense and someone can point me to the cause (other > than rubbish discs, although they are Verbatim which have always been good > in my experience) I would be grateful. > > Andrew > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
