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<blockquote data-quote="prodfilms" data-source="post: 1005842" data-attributes="member: 145258">Hi I have a mac pro 2,1. Recently the original superdrive went bad so I replaced it with a Pioneer 118L. In fact I replaced it with two Pioneer 118Ls so I could burn two DVDs at once. Drives both work fine sometimes... after the drives burn two or three DVDs one of the drives will fail. I am burning a .cdr image from disk utillity. When the 'closing session' dialogue box appears in the final stages of a burn it goes no further. The disk spins with speeed bursts every couple of seconds and around five minutes later the disk will eject. And the burn was not successful. I run a video production business so burning DVDs efficiently is a must. At the moment I am throwing away every 5th DVD and rebooting the system when the burn freezes. Any theories or solutions out there? I have to burn 70 DVDs tomorrow and am not loking forward to the frustration ahead. Thanks,&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Dan</blockquote>

[QUOTE="prodfilms, post: 1005842, member: 145258"] Hi I have a mac pro 2,1. Recently the original superdrive went bad so I replaced it with a Pioneer 118L. In fact I replaced it with two Pioneer 118Ls so I could burn two DVDs at once. Drives both work fine sometimes... after the drives burn two or three DVDs one of the drives will fail. I am burning a .cdr image from disk utillity. When the 'closing session' dialogue box appears in the final stages of a burn it goes no further. The disk spins with speeed bursts every couple of seconds and around five minutes later the disk will eject. And the burn was not successful. I run a video production business so burning DVDs efficiently is a must. At the moment I am throwing away every 5th DVD and rebooting the system when the burn freezes. Any theories or solutions out there? I have to burn 70 DVDs tomorrow and am not loking forward to the frustration ahead. Thanks, Dan [/QUOTE]

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