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Hello all, I have a 14" 1.42 iBook with the "SuperDrive".
Here is what Apple's site says about it:
Now, all of that being said... when trying to burn with an 8x DVD+R, I get nothing more than 2x in Toast (7.0.2 Titanium). The same thing using disk utility. Why can't I get full burning speed?
Also, the drive is capable of burning DL discs (I have not tried yet), but I did find this site: http://guides.macrumors.com/Superdrive - which states:
With that information, what's going to happen when I try to burn a DL disc, I would guess that it won't work... is there a way to enable DL burning? I am running 10.4.6 with all updates applied, here are the further specs from System Profiler:
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: iBook G4
Machine Model: PowerBook6,7
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.5)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.42 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 142 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.3f0
Serial Number: 4H5360VLSE9
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Version: 1.0
MAT****A DVD-R UJ-845E:
Firmware Revision: DMP2
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
I did some digging back through this forum and didn't really see anything that would help me on this one. Thanks in advance!
Here is what Apple's site says about it:
The SuperDrive on a 14-inch iBook G4 writes DVD±R discs at up to 8x speed, writes DVD±RW discs at up to 4x speed, reads DVDs at up to 8x speed, writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed, writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed and reads CDs at up to 24x speed.
Now, all of that being said... when trying to burn with an 8x DVD+R, I get nothing more than 2x in Toast (7.0.2 Titanium). The same thing using disk utility. Why can't I get full burning speed?
Also, the drive is capable of burning DL discs (I have not tried yet), but I did find this site: http://guides.macrumors.com/Superdrive - which states:
Mat****a UJ-845E*
o Burns CD-R's at 24x, CD-RW's at 16x, DVD-R's at 8x and DVD-RW's at 4x
* This drive physically supports Dual Layer burning, but is currently disabled by Apple's firmware.
With that information, what's going to happen when I try to burn a DL disc, I would guess that it won't work... is there a way to enable DL burning? I am running 10.4.6 with all updates applied, here are the further specs from System Profiler:
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: iBook G4
Machine Model: PowerBook6,7
CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (1.5)
Number Of CPUs: 1
CPU Speed: 1.42 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB
Memory: 512 MB
Bus Speed: 142 MHz
Boot ROM Version: 4.9.3f0
Serial Number: 4H5360VLSE9
Sudden Motion Sensor:
State: Enabled
Version: 1.0
MAT****A DVD-R UJ-845E:
Firmware Revision: DMP2
Interconnect: ATAPI
Burn Support: Yes (Apple Shipped/Supported)
Cache: 2048 KB
Reads DVD: Yes
CD-Write: -R, -RW
DVD-Write: -R, -RW, +R, +RW
Burn Underrun Protection CD: Yes
Burn Underrun Protection DVD: Yes
Write Strategies: CD-TAO, CD-SAO, DVD-DAO
Media: No
I did some digging back through this forum and didn't really see anything that would help me on this one. Thanks in advance!