NEC ND-3540A won't write to DVD
Hi, i recently installed a NEC ND-3540A into my G4 and have just attempted to burn my first DVD in order to free up some space on my computer.
I was using finder to burn the DVD and dragging and dropping the files onto the disc. It had no problem copying the files onto the disc, and when i went to burn the disc it asked me what speed i wanted to do it at. (I chose maximum but have since chose probably every other speed). When I click burn i get the status bar with the diagonal lines which i think mean it is preparing to burn. But that's all I get. I realised that burning a DVD would take longer than a CD so I left if for about 2 hours, still nothing.
When i try and stop the burn it tells me that some data may have been written to the disc rendering it useless if i stop now, if i click stop again i get the spinning wheel and although all of my other applications work, finder freezes. If i then reboot and get the disc out again it os blank. I have tried burning CD's using the same method and have had no problems.
If i look in Disc utiliy it says the drive is read-only, if i look in system profiler it says it is CD-RW/DVD-RW disc burning vendor supported. Could it be the media i'm using? (Sony 1x-8x compatible DVD+R)
Can anybody give me any pointers as to where I'm going wrong?
Thanks in advance.
I was using finder to burn the DVD and dragging and dropping the files onto the disc. It had no problem copying the files onto the disc, and when i went to burn the disc it asked me what speed i wanted to do it at. (I chose maximum but have since chose probably every other speed). When I click burn i get the status bar with the diagonal lines which i think mean it is preparing to burn. But that's all I get. I realised that burning a DVD would take longer than a CD so I left if for about 2 hours, still nothing.
When i try and stop the burn it tells me that some data may have been written to the disc rendering it useless if i stop now, if i click stop again i get the spinning wheel and although all of my other applications work, finder freezes. If i then reboot and get the disc out again it os blank. I have tried burning CD's using the same method and have had no problems.
If i look in Disc utiliy it says the drive is read-only, if i look in system profiler it says it is CD-RW/DVD-RW disc burning vendor supported. Could it be the media i'm using? (Sony 1x-8x compatible DVD+R)
Can anybody give me any pointers as to where I'm going wrong?
Thanks in advance.
