I have not been able to really solve the problem but a couple of things have worked for others and the last is 60% success for me.
1) Use good DVD's only (TDK's are good). Don't use DVD+RW at all. They will not work.
2) Repair disk permissions on your boot drive.
3) Don't write at max...
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Mac CD/DVD drives have to have a spin up time that is less than some number or the software times out and they have to be low power. Mac drives are more because Apple charges more (they are still in business).
I am not sure but I believe that Mac drives have firmware to talk to...
I have not been able to solve the problem either. It could be software and/or hardware. I have seen the problem with OS 10.4 and now 10.5. Apple replaced the drive in my MacBook but that did not fix the problem. The drive in the MacBook Pro is Model: MATSHITADVD-R UJ-857D with firmware...
Seems that this is a very common problem. I have a MacBook Pro and Leopard with this and 80020063. I just got a mini mac with Leopard and the same problem. I have done disk permissions and clean installed the system many times. Apple gave up since both were under warranty and they will not...
