I toasted a batch of data DVDs using these no-name disks (retrospectively, a big mistake) that came with a white "inkjet compatible" painted surface. Burns were done with built-in Pioneer Superdrive on my G4 Quicksilver running OSX 10.3.9. Everything was more or less OK until I recently bought a new G5 Quad 2.5MHZ.
Now it's hit and miss to read data from these disks on either a new external Pioneer DVR-110D (in a Vantec FW enclosure) or the built-in Pioneer DVD-110D on my G5 Quad. When I do manage to mount a disk, the reads are extremely slow, and they most often lock up/freeze the finder to the point that I need a complete restart.
I can "usually" manage to mount and read these disks using either the G4 built-in reader but it is soooo VERY slow, ditto for the DVD reader on an even older Pismo G3 laptop 500MHZ. Same freezing and locking up problem.
I understand that firmware updates can resolve some of these reader/burner issues, but although I see that the firmware version is up to 13.9 on the Pioneer website, I can only find Windows ".exe" files to download. See the 2 screen captures of my System Profiler, shows the ATA and Disc Burning info windows for my built-in Pioneer DVD-110D. It shows a firmware version of AA06? How does that reconcile with firmware update 1.39?
Could you point me in the right direction to obtain MAC compatible firmware updates if they indeed exist, or can you offer me any insight into these reader issues?
Regards,
Bernie
Now it's hit and miss to read data from these disks on either a new external Pioneer DVR-110D (in a Vantec FW enclosure) or the built-in Pioneer DVD-110D on my G5 Quad. When I do manage to mount a disk, the reads are extremely slow, and they most often lock up/freeze the finder to the point that I need a complete restart.
I can "usually" manage to mount and read these disks using either the G4 built-in reader but it is soooo VERY slow, ditto for the DVD reader on an even older Pismo G3 laptop 500MHZ. Same freezing and locking up problem.
I understand that firmware updates can resolve some of these reader/burner issues, but although I see that the firmware version is up to 13.9 on the Pioneer website, I can only find Windows ".exe" files to download. See the 2 screen captures of my System Profiler, shows the ATA and Disc Burning info windows for my built-in Pioneer DVD-110D. It shows a firmware version of AA06? How does that reconcile with firmware update 1.39?
Could you point me in the right direction to obtain MAC compatible firmware updates if they indeed exist, or can you offer me any insight into these reader issues?
Regards,
Bernie