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DVD Burning Failed - error: Sense Code= 0x44

After having many issues with my DVD drive and establishing that I can burn most dvd discs but can only read dvd-rw's when Ive burnt them I have encounted another problem.

trying to copy avi files onto dvd-video using toast 7 Titanium it fails each time giving an error warning:

The drive reported an error:
Sense Key = HARDWARE ERROR
Sense Code = 0x44
INTERNAL TARGET FAILURE

How can this be resolved?

G5 1.6, Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Posted on Oct 17, 2006 4:08 PM

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Oct 21, 2006 1:09 PM in response to gpop

Presumably you have searched the forums and found threads such as

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=119512&start=0&tstart=0

where the first things to try seem to be cleaning the drive with something like this and trying a different brand of media, such as Verbatim.

If you give full details of your drive from System Profiler: Blue Apple menu - About this Mac - More Info - Hardware - Disc Burning it may help someone to help you.

Oct 22, 2006 3:11 AM in response to maclover

yes, I have managed to figure out previously that this drive will only read from dvd-rw's that it has burnt - although I have sucessfully burnt other variations of dvd and though cannot view them on my G5 I can still view them on my other mac (imac).

The drive details are as follows:

PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D:

Manufacturer: PIONEER
Model: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-106D
Revision: A606
Serial Number: CHDL029986WL
Drive Type: CD-RW/DVD-RW
Disc Burning: Apple Supported/Shipped
Removable Media: Yes
Detachable Drive: No
Protocol: ATAPI
Unit Number: 0
Socket Type: Internal


So the fact that I have dvd-rw's shouldn't be the issue.
I have successfully burnt data cds and dvds through both toast and using the desktop drag and drop burn options, but in the last week after trying to burn .avi files through toast using their video-dvd was when I first encountered this problem. I have since tried to burn pure data back up files both via taost and desktop and either get an error message (or similar) as in the thread title via oast or via desktop it purely states "this disc cannot be used"

This are the same discs I have had success with just a few weeks ago.

DVD Burning Failed - error: Sense Code= 0x44

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