[G4] CD Burn Problem - Can't solve

[Daniel Brieck]

Janet,

The drive that you have does not support Cd-r or -RW disk burning, it 
is a DVD-Ram drive, it can only right to a DVD-ram disk of Type 1 or 
possibly Type 2 . I have the same drive in my G4 500 it does not burn 
CD's; however, if you tell itunes(etc...) to burn a c.d., for some 
reason the computer will open the DVD-ram drive thinking that it is 
capable to burn a cd. I have had it happen before when I forgot to turn 
on my external burner. The profiler issue seems to be fixed in 10.3, 
here is what my system profiler says:

MATSHITA PD-2 LF-D110:

   Manufacturer:	MATSHITA
   Model:	MATSHITA PD-2 LF-D110
   Revision:	A110
   Serial Number:	
   Drive Type:	CD-ROM/DVD-ROM
   Disc Burning:	DRDeviceSupportLevelUnsupported
   Removable Media:	Yes
   Detachable Drive:	No
   Protocol:	ATAPI
   Unit Number:	0
   Socket Type:	Internal

When I tried itunes just now the DVD-ram drive did not open? That is a 
bug I guess in the profiler that you are having it should not think it 
is a CD burner

So, to burn a CD  you will have to get an external or new internal 
burning solution.

1 External firewire CD-Burner
2 internal Combo Drive that can read DVD and Burn CD's
3 plain internal CD burner that has no dvd support
4 SuperDrive Internal that burns CD's and DVD's
5 Internal Rambo™ drive from LaCie  that burns DVD-rams/ DVD's and CD's

You will have to pick what dive meets your need and budget...

I hope this helps,
Dan Brieck Jr.

On Nov 16, 2003, at 7:00 PM, janetgk at ptd.net wrote:

> "Disk Burner or Software not found" is the message I get from iTunes 
> (4.1) and Toast (5.21).  The blank CD-R disk which I insert is ejected 
> within a minute.  Cannot mount the CD.  I also have Diskcopy (10.2.3). 
>  Using MAC OS 10.2.8.
>
> My G4 450 is about 3 years old but have never burned a CD.  Everyone 
> says it is so easy.  I now want to burn some iTunes music on a CD and 
> can't do so.  I thought my G4 came ready to do that.  Apple System 
> Profiler notes:
>
>>  CD-ROM/DVD-RAM\
>> Disc Burning	Fully supported.\
>> Unit Number	0\
>> ATA Device Type	atapi\
>> Device serial	(blank)\
>> Device Revision	A110\
>> Product Ident.	PD-2LF-D110\
>> Vendor Ident.	MATSHITA}
>
> Do I have an obsolete CD drive?  Malfunctioning drive?  OS system 
> lacking some software?  Is the "disc burner" the actual CD drive?  As 
> I said, iTunes, Toast and Diskcopy will not work.
>
> What is my next step?  What am I missing?
>
> Thanks, Janet