[G4] CD Burn Problem - Can't solve

[janetgk at mail.ptd.net]

That's it, Dan - and I thank you profusely - no 
more wasted time trying... Janet


>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
>
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