I have battling a slowly-worsening optical drive for the last four months now. I need some help now. The drive in question is a Matshita CW-8571. Originally the problem started that sometimes it wouldn't read some discs burned in OS 9, and then it stopped reading all discs burned in OS 9 as well as some DVDs. Now it will only read a few burned discs and only about half of my DVDs. Some discs will get spit out once but then read fine when I put it in a second or third time. When it doesn't want to cooperate, it usually just spits the disc out after about 20 seconds.
Also problems with burning. It gives me error messages when I try to burn files onto a CD normally, but will still usually burn just fine in iTunes.
Given this inconsistency, I'm not absolutely sure, but I'm thinking it has something to do with the firmware/drivers, rather than being a hardware issue. I'd reinstall the necessary stuff for the drive, but can't find it anywhere. Everyone, including the manufacturer seems to state that it is a PC-only drive. The only patches I can find are for making it region-free for DVDs.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Machine setup: Quicksilver G4 733 MHz, 512 ram, 40gb hd, Matshita CW-8571 combo drive.
Also problems with burning. It gives me error messages when I try to burn files onto a CD normally, but will still usually burn just fine in iTunes.
Given this inconsistency, I'm not absolutely sure, but I'm thinking it has something to do with the firmware/drivers, rather than being a hardware issue. I'd reinstall the necessary stuff for the drive, but can't find it anywhere. Everyone, including the manufacturer seems to state that it is a PC-only drive. The only patches I can find are for making it region-free for DVDs.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Machine setup: Quicksilver G4 733 MHz, 512 ram, 40gb hd, Matshita CW-8571 combo drive.