I've been experiencing problems with my Pioneer K06 DVD burner. I recently installed this drive in my 12" PB G4 1.5ghz running Tiger 10.4.7. When attempting to burn DVD-R and CD-R using Toast 7.1, the Finder, Dragon Burn and Burn, I'm getting errors. The two errors I'm getting in Toast are: 1) CANNOT WRITE MEDUIUM-INCOMPATIBLE FORMAT (when attempting to burn DVDs; 2) HARDWARE ERROR-INTERNAL TARGET FAILURE (using CDs). The brands of DVD-Rs I've tried are Memorex and Maxell. The CD-R is some cheap brand with no visible manufacturer. My friend also received errors using both types of DVD media on his Windows machine. We are in a hot/humid climate with temperatures sometimes hitting 130 and much of our gear has been exposed to these temps for several hours but not (it was packed deep inside a bag sitting on a palette).
I did manage to run the "simulation mode" successfully using Toast, but does this mean that it's the media and not the drive. This drive is only two months old. Does Apple or anyone else provide software to test the optical drive? This would be very useful but I can't seem to find anything. I really hope you can assist me. Thank your for your time.
I did manage to run the "simulation mode" successfully using Toast, but does this mean that it's the media and not the drive. This drive is only two months old. Does Apple or anyone else provide software to test the optical drive? This would be very useful but I can't seem to find anything. I really hope you can assist me. Thank your for your time.