Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
hi all,
I have a Power Mac G4 running leopard, I put in an LG DVD burner out of a PC in it. It reads all types of discs no problem. but in disk utility it says that burn support is unsupported. Here is what system profiler says its called HL-DT-STDVD-RAM GH22LP20. Any ideas?
-Thanks in advanced.
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Dual 800mhz QuickSilver, 80gb,1.5gb
It's because it's not an original Apple included model, here's the one in my G5 that I replaced...
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L:
Firmware Revision: SB02
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Media Type: DVD-RW
Blank: Yes
Erasable: Yes
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes
It's because it's not an original Apple included model, here's the one in my G5 that I replaced...
TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S222L:
Firmware Revision: SB02
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Unsupported)
Profile Path: None
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RAM, -RW, +R, +RW, +R DL
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, CD-Raw, DVD-DAO
Media:
Media Type: DVD-RW
Blank: Yes
Erasable: Yes
Overwritable: Yes
Appendable: Yes
is there anyway that you know of to get it to burn correctly?
It should burn in Leopard.
In Tiger, using Patchburn produces a fully supported and properly reporting drive.
In Leopard, the drive should work regardless of the System Profiler report.
Have you tried burning?
yeah i tried burning and it ended with an error, dont remember what it was but i *think* it was "-0". after that i had to reboot the computer because the disc was spinning out in the drive at what sounded like 80mph and would not eject. i put the disc in another computer and it still says its writable so it doesnt look like it did anything to the DVD. and in system profiler i believe it didnt say anything about it being unsupported. only in disk utility.
Might try Burn...
http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html
If that doesn't work...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/powermac/
burn support: unsupported?
