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tjubb
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 Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:24 pm Post subject: Pioneer DVR-K05 Superdrive problems |
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Installed a brand new Pioneer DVR-K05 8X Dual Layer Slim DVD±RW Drive into my mac mini last night. Physical installation went well but I am unable to get the drive to recognize ANY DVD disk either blank, +R, -R, DL, store bought movie, etc. The drive only recognizes CDR media at the moment. I checked the profiler and it says it supports all dvd types other than ram and something about burning unsupported.
I've seen a few bits of into about needing to download a small utility but not sure if that will fix the disc reading problem.
I'm mac newb so any help would be appreciated.
Thanks alot!
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Susurrus
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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Download PatchBurn and see if that helps. I would say its defective because its odd that it would only support half of what it should. It's probably a cracked lens on the DVD lens or however the special DVD part works is broken.
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tjubb
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Susurrus wrote: | | Download PatchBurn and see if that helps. I would say its defective because its odd that it would only support half of what it should. It's probably a cracked lens on the DVD lens or however the special DVD part works is broken. |
yeah, I was starting to lean towards it being defective. I did install patchburn with no luck. Looks like I'll be sending it back!
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I would return it. Who did you get the drive from?
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tjubb
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| blazer wrote: | | I would return it. Who did you get the drive from? |
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poisonfist
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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That's definitely a defective drive. My K05 recognized all media formats without any problem even before Patchburn.
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tjubb
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| poisonfist wrote: | | That's definitely a defective drive. My K05 recognized all media formats without any problem even before Patchburn. |
That's good to hear, just wanted to make sure I exhausted all possibilities before returning the drive. Looking forward to a replacement. |
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chillywilly
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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Just installed a DVR-K05 today for my friend's mini and it worked with all formats right away. Toast 6 Platnium was a bit slow on burning, but I don't think my friend had configured the options correctly.
Can't wait till I get one. I've got a few things I need to do.
Of course, the DVD drive is just one of a few things I want.
- bigger internal hard drive
- AP/BT
- 1gb of RAM (would prefer to have 2gb, but there are no non-ECC DIMMs certified for Apple just yet)
Anyway, let us know when you get the drive replaced.
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tjubb
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| Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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| chillywilly wrote: |
Anyway, let us know when you get the drive replaced. |
Got a new drive installed earlier this week and it worked like a charm. Glad it was just defective hardware. Burned DVD+R and -R with no problems thus far. Thanks for the input guys! |
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chillywilly
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What kind of burn speeds are you getting from the drive?
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