Q: One of Two 2008 Mac Pros will not burn dvd or bluray using external burner
I have two early 2008 Mac Pro 8-core computers, both running Leopard 10.5.8. The backup computer has a system hard drive that is an exact clone of the primary computer. They both burn data or video dvds fine using their internal drives. I just got an external USB Samsung bluray burner. It burns dvds and blurays (data or video) fine on the backup computer using Toast 10, or the finder burn function for dvds). But the external usb Samsung will not burn either dvds or blurays (neither date or video) on my primary computer. With blurays it just stops, and with dvds it gives some sort of error message. Since both computers have exact same system drives I have no idea what the problem could be. Any suggestions would be more than welcome.
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.8), early 2008, 8-core, 10G Ram
Posted on Dec 3, 2014 11:06 AM
Have you tried another USB port?
Posted on Dec 3, 2014 12:45 PM