Mac internal Burner problems?

[henryrobinett]

Anyone have Mac internal CD/DVD burner problems? Luckily I have an external burner that works most of the time. I've been having problems with Toast 9 and then Waveburner Pro. But I went -- wait! The same problem on two different programs?? It would hang towards the beginning of the burn. Always about the same place. My other burner seems to do fine.

Short of getting a new internal burner, does anyone know how to check for firmware updates? It's a PIONEER DVD-RW.

I had another burner go bad in another Mac.

[Lagerfeldt]

Originally Posted by henryrobinett

Anyone have Mac internal CD/DVD burner problems?

Anyone?

Howabout "everyone". Pioneer or Sony - Apple internal drives are all messed up for audio. Refusing to burn, freezing, burning frisbees, claiming it can burn ISRC (when it can't), etc.

Burning hell. As long as you're burning data you're alright though.

Get an external FireWire drive such as the LaCie d2
LaCie - Desktop DVD±RW Drives: FireWire & USB 2.0

It's burning heaven. Get some Taiyo Yuden CD-Rs to go with that and you're good to go.

[henryrobinett]

Thanks! I have an external burner --QPS (NEC DVD). But invariably when burning DVDs it says "unstable connection -- illegal command - whatever and refuses to burn.

What about replacing the internal?

[Lagerfeldt]

Is it connected with FireWire or USB?

I'm guessing USB, which is not as stable. Or the NEC is simply not up to par.

I did replace my internal drive in my last Mac but it's just not optimum, and I wouldn't waste time and money going down that road.

Like I said, get an external FireWire drive like the LaCie d2 and you're off.

[henryrobinett]

The NEC is firewire. But I used to be just fine. That's why I'm wondering whether there's an OSX or firmware thing. I'm on 10.4.11.

Thanks a lot.

[Lagerfeldt]

Hm, shouldn't be a problem.

Could it be a faulty port? Or simply the drive is failing?