[G4] 4x DVD writing

Kevin Willis res19rmg at verizon.net
Mon May 10 16:54:22 PDT 2004


It shows up in Toast and ASP as being fully supported.  I have burned 
several CD's and DVD's with it.  The only problem I have had is on a 
rare occasion when I eject a disk, it won't open.   When that 
happens, ASP shows it as not being supported.  A simple restart seems 
to fix that though.


>You're lucky you got it to burn at all.  According to 
>xlr8yourmac.com, the 106 isn't supported by Toast.  I have a Yikes 
>400 with 768 MB RAM and 10.3 with a 106.  I tried to burn a DVD at 
>1x using Toast 6, and got a coaster after about 10 seconds of 
>burning, with an underrun error message.  When I bought the drive, I 
>bought Dragon Burn, which supports BUP on the 106.  I have never 
>gotten a coaster due to underrun using Dragon Burn, and can burn at 
>4x.
>
>YMMV,
>-Lavode
>



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