[G4] Pionner DVD-RW106d

[Robert MacLeay]

"Medium error" means problems reading the disk itself; either your drive
cannot read the disk for whatever reason (like a dirty head) or, more
likely, you have a crappy DVD.

There are a lot of crappy DVDs out there on the market.

For information on DVD quality, check out
http://www.cdr-zone.com/articles/recordable_dvd_quality_page_1.html
and
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

A simple, though not definitive, test of the drive would be to copy a bunch
of files off a known good DVD.

If you have a choice of applications to burn with, try switching.  I get far
fewer coasters with Toast than with the Finder.


On 3/9/06 Thu, 09 Mar 2006 11:07:27 -0500, Jeff Plourde
<plourdej at ccapcable.com> wrote:

> I've got problem with my Pionner DVD-RW 106D, For some reason i don't
> know, it won't burn anymore i got this message
> 
> the Drive reported an error
> Sense Key = Medium error
> Sense Code = 0x73, 0x03
> 
> I read a lot on dvd forum, but i can't find the answer
> 
> This is my config
> 
> G4 400 384 ram
> tiger 10,4,5
> Pionner DVD-RW DVR-106D
> Revision x612