DVD Burner no longer reading any type of disk

[dolpfyn]

I have two G5 macs that I am "the administator" on that currently are not reading any type of disk. The burners are Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D that came with the machines.

I'm not sure if it's a software issue or not; the image that is on both machines is also on another machine (a G4 with a DVD burner) which works fine.

What really concerns me, though, is that this is a recurring problem which I usually end up "fixing" by wiping the hard drive, reinstalling my image, and then running the software updates to get any that aren't on the image.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[sourcehound]

Just have the drive replaced and it should be fine. It's possible that the firmware is flaky or the drive is having some random issues. It should never lose contact with the OS unless, of course, there's something wrong with your image.

I have two G5 macs that I am "the administator" on that currently are not reading any type of disk. The burners are Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D that came with the machines.

I'm not sure if it's a software issue or not; the image that is on both machines is also on another machine (a G4 with a DVD burner) which works fine.

What really concerns me, though, is that this is a recurring problem which I usually end up "fixing" by wiping the hard drive, reinstalling my image, and then running the software updates to get any that aren't on the image.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[dolpfyn]

That's the odd thing: the drive doesn't lose contact with the OS (if you go into the system profile, it shows up there and the OS claims it's working fine), it just isn't recognizing any disk that I put into it. The problem is on just one of the computers (I had been missinformed and didn't test both machines), so I know it isn't the image.

I may have to see about replacing the drive itself...is there anyway to check the firmware?

Thanks.