PB 15" aluminum double-layer SD battery calibration question

The instructions for calibrating a battery on the double-layer SD Aluminum 15" powerbook (visible here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490) say to fully charge the battery, let it rest charged for at least two hours, then use the computer to discharge the battery, and let it rest fully discharged for at least five hours)
What is not clear is whether or not it's OK, during the "rest five hours discharged" phase, to remove the fully discharged battery from the computer, put in a different battery, and continue using the computer. In other words, does the discharged battery need to remain in the computer during the five hour rest period? I'm completely unclear as to what (if anything) is active in the computer during sleep, and whether or not the battery processor and the computer are talking to each other at all during this period.

I always assumed the "rest five hours discharged" phase is actually to completely drain any residual power in the battery, to trigger some sort of reset within it.
(But it's not an easy procedure to follow is it? Clearly something significant was changed for this very last set of PowerBook models, and now four years later some of us seem to be having lots of power-related, battery-charging, problems. I still think that calibration should have been done in conjunction with the OS managing it, and suggesting it be done on a suitable, scheduled basis.)

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Mid 2010 15" i5 Battery Calibration Questions

Hi, I have a mid 2010 15" MacBook Pro 2.4GHz i5.
Question 1: I didn't calibrate my battery when I first got my MacBook Pro (it didn't say in the manual that I had to). I've had it for about a month and am doing a calibration today, is that okay? I hope I haven't damaged my battery? The calibration is only to help the battery meter provide an accurate reading of how much life it has remaining, right?
Question 2: After reading Apple's calibration guide, I decided to set the MacBook Pro to never go to sleep (in Energy Saver System Preference) and leave it on overnight so it would run out of power and go to sleep, then I'd leave it in that state for at least 5 hours before charging it. When I woke up, the light on the front wasn't illuminated. It usually pulsates when in Sleep. Expectedly, it wouldn't wake when pressing buttons on the keyboard. So, what's happened? Is this Safe Sleep? I didn't see any "Your Mac is on reserve battery and will shut down" dialogues or anything similar, as I was asleep! I've left it in this state while I'm at work and will charge it this afternoon. Was my described method okay for calibration or should I have done something different?
Question 3: Does it matter how quickly you drain your battery when doing a calibration? i.e is it okay to drain it quickly (by running HD video, Photo Booth with effects etc) or slowly (by leaving it idle or running light apps)?
Thanks.
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Fresh J:
A1. You're fine calibrating the battery now. You might have gotten more accurate readings during the first month if you'd done it sooner, but no harm has been done.
A2. Your machine has NOT shut down; it has done exactly what it was supposed to do. When the power became critically low, it first wrote the contents of RAM to the hard drive, then went to sleep. When the battery was completely drained some time later, the MBP went into hibernation and the slepp light stopped pulsing and turned off. In that state the machine was using no power at all, but the contents of your RAM were still saved. Once the AC adapter was connected, a press of the power button would cause those contents to be reloaded, and the machine would pick up again exactly where you left off. It is not necessary to wait for the battery to be fully charged before using the machine on AC power, but do leave the AC adapter connected for at least two hours after the battery is fully charged. Nothing that you say you've done was wrong, and nothing that you say has happened was wrong.
A3. No, it does not matter.

Macbook Battery Calibration Questions

Greetings!
I just bought a MacBook today (the mid-range white model) but I am a complete tyro in the Apple world. I have a few questions with respect to the calibration process. The manual is lucid with respect to everything except for three issues:
1. The instructions make no mention of whether or not I can turn on my MacBook and use it during the first charge cycle (that is, the charging cycle before the two hour normal use stage).
2. The instructions do not indicate whether or not I have to wait until the battery is completely dead during the "die-down" stage (the supposed five hour sleep stage) before I plug in the charger and fully charge the battery again. Is it all right to plug in the power adapter after the computer has slept for five hours while the computer is still in sleep mode?
3. If for some reason I screwed up my first calibration (perhaps due to mishandling the process in (1) or (2) above), is it detrimental to immediately run another calibration process (i.e. treat the second "power up" cycle as step one of the calibration process)?
The reason why I raise these issues is because I am currently calibrating my MacBook as I speak. I plugged my adapter into the computer, turned it on, and ran programs (iTunes, CD ripping, Wifi) while the initial charge cycle was running. I have let the computer fully charge and have left it fully charged for a little over two hours. I am about to disconnect it and move to the "die-down" stage (that is, I will let it die down into sleep mode). I am concerned about whether or not I have faulted at any point in the calibration process. Any help regarding my questions would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration.
-- BibleJordan

And yes, it is ok the plug the adaptor while the computer is in sleep mode. The battery will charge as normal.
No, I think this is wrong. You need to let it sleep without the power adapter. This causes the battery to deplete most of the remaining reserve charge. If you look in the manual on pages 23-24, steps 4-6 are critical. Basically it says to drain your battery till it goes to sleep (step 4). Then let it sleep for 5 hours (step 5). Then plug in the ac adapter and leave it in till it is fully charged (step 6).
So do not plug in the AC adapter until it has either been off for 5 hours or in sleep mode for 5 hours.
Personally I don't see how you can shut it off instead of sleep mode for the 5 hours, as once it goes to sleep mode, from low battery, you cannot wake it to turn it off unless you plug in the AC and that defeats the whole purpose...
Regards,
RacerX
MacBook 2.0Ghz, 2GB RAM Mac OS X (10.4.7)

Battery calibrating question

Hi,
Today, I wanted to calibrate the battery in my new MBP. I just wanted to know if restarting the MBP would ''affect'' the calibration process. Because I was installing some apps and I didn't remember I was calibrating my battery so I accepted to restart.
So now I would like to know if I need to restart the whole process all over ? Let's admit it, the calibrating process is quite long.

As long as you didn't connect the power adaptor at the time I suspect the calibration will proceed normally, slitcher.
Cheers
Rod

Battery Calibration and Charge Capacity?

I am currently using a PB G4 15" (high res DL SD) and I've had it for about a month. I just read about calibrating the battery and went ahead and did it. Have I done any damage to the battery or shortened it's effectiveness by waiting a month to calibrate rather than when it was first out of the box?
Also, i also just read about checking the battery charge capacity using the system profiler. My charge capacity prior to calibration was 2731 and after calibration it's 2930. However, it sounds like it should be in the 4400's based on the posts I've read. What do these numbers mean and do I have a faulty battery since it's so low?
Thanks for your help.

Hi Kevin --
Yeah, I'm not loving those numbers you posted either. I'd try performing the calibration procedure once or twice more to make sure that that battery capacity number doesn't change.
The other thing I would do if I were you is download Coconutbattery: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27425
It's a free app available at versiontracker and it will tell you your battery's original capacity as well as it's current capacity.
I agree with you that a capacity of 2930 mAh after only a month of use and 16 cycles suggests that your battery is defective and should be replaced at no cost to you under the terms of the warranty.
For a frame of reference, after 10 months of use and 166 load cycles, my battery's original capacity of 4400 mAh is now 4228 mAh. No way yours should be in the 2930 mAh range.
When you call AppleCare to arrange for a replacement, if in fact that's what you end up needing to do, the agent you speak with, in addition to making sure that you've properly calibrated your battery a few times (as mentioned earlier) may also ask that you reset your PB's Power Management Unit (PMU). While I'm skeptical that a PMU reset will alter the outcome, you can find instructions on how to reset the PMU here (just in case you need to): http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=14449
Good luck and please post back how everything turns out.
-- JDee
PS. You probably know this, but the calibration procedure has been changed slightly for your DL hi-res version of the PB. Here it is below, just to make sure:
PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD)
The battery calibration for the PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) has been updated because of a new battery released with this computer. With these computers, follow these steps to calibrate your battery:
Plug in the power adapter and fully charge your PowerBook's battery until the light ring on the power adapter plug changes to green and the onscreen meter in the menu bar indicates that the battery is fully charged.
Allow the battery to rest in the fully charged state for at least two hours. You may use your computer during this time as long as the adapter is plugged in.
Disconnect the power adapter with the computer still on and start running the computer off battery power. You may use your computer during this time. When your battery gets low, you will see the low battery warning dialog on the screen.
Continue to keep your computer on until it goes to sleep. Save all your work and close all applications when the battery gets very low, before the computer goes to sleep.
Turn off the computer or allow it to sleep for five hours or more.
Connect the power adapter and leave it connected until the battery is fully charged again.
Tip: When the battery reaches "empty", the computer is forced into sleep mode. The battery actually keeps back a reserve beyond "empty", to maintain the computer in sleep for a period of time. Once the battery is truly exhausted, the computer is forced to shut down. At this point, with the safe sleep function introduced in the PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) computers, the computer's memory contents have been saved to the hard drive. When power is restored, the computer returns itself to its pre-sleep state using the safe sleep image on the hard drive.
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15-inch Double-Layer SD

I have a 15" PB G4 with a SuperDrive bought in 2003. How do I know if it is a Double-Layer SD?
The reason for the question is that we had repairs done to this computer and it needed a battery firmware update. Now the batteries need to be calibrated. There are two procedures for calibrating, one for G4's w/o the Double-Layer SD and one for G4's with it. Thus the need to know which process to use.
Thank you,
JWTech

JWT:
I am not able to locate a 2003 15" PB G4 with Double-Layer. The 2003 15" came with Slot-loading Combo or 2x/8x/16x/4x/24x SuperDrive (DVD-R/CD-RW).
Or are you referring to the 2005 15" PB G4 which came with 8x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)?
Cheers
cornelius

KB article 1490 on battery calibration needs work

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490 says:
"Disconnect the power adapter while the computer still on and start running the computer off battery power. You may use your computer during this time."
Does “running” mean something different than “use”? Does this instruction mean the computer should not be allowed to sleep?
[And fix the typo: "still on" should be "still is on".]

Assuming that, then -- do both terms mean the computer 1) can or 2) cannot be put to sleep?
The context here is the instructions are for "Apple Portables: Calibrating your computer's battery for best performance". The instruction in question is #3 for
PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD), MacBook (all models), MacBook Pro (all models), MacBook Pro (17-inch) (all models) and MacBook Air
The battery calibration for the PowerBook G4 (15-inch Double-Layer SD) and any model of MacBook or MacBook Pro has been updated because of a new battery released with this computer. With these computers, follow these steps to calibrate your battery:
1. Plug in the power adapter and fully charge your PowerBook's battery until the light ring or LED on the power adapter plug changes to green and the onscreen meter in the menu bar indicates that the battery is fully charged.
2. Allow the battery to rest in the fully charged state for at least two hours. You may use your computer during this time as long as the adapter is plugged in.
3. Disconnect the power adapter while the computer still on and start running the computer off battery power. You may use your computer during this time. When your battery gets low, the low battery warning dialog appears on the screen.
4. At this point, save your work. Continue to use your computer; when the battery gets very low, the computer will automatically go to sleep.
5. Turn off the computer or allow it to sleep for five hours or more.
6. Connect the power adapter and leave it connected until the battery is fully charged again.
Does the calibration process require, in step 3, that the computer be kept awake? It seems likely, given step 4, that step 3 allows the computer to be in either the wake state or sleep state.
My interest is in clarifying whether the calibration process requires that battery draw-down be relatively quick (as when the computer is awake) or does speed not matter (i.e., the computer can be either awake or asleep).

LightScribe SuperMulti DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support is no longer able to read all lightscribe discs(Blank or Containing Data)

Hi,
The product Name of my computer is: HP Pavilion dv6-6093ex Entertainment
Notebook PC support
The number of my computer is : LM610EA#A2N.
Could anyone please at this splendid forum take some of their precious time
out to really reply my questions and solve my problems?
FIRST OF ALL:
My HP Pavilion Laptop is about 3 years old.
My
sister's Dell Inspiron laptop is 3 years old.
My HP laptop is well-cared, as opposed to my sister's Inspiron Dell laptop, which is always thrown in dust without caring at all. Also, its battery is always inserted even when it is fully charged while the laptop is plugged in to the main power supply.
However, my laptop is either used on only battery, or on plugin. Also, it is kept from the dust. But, I really found that the battery of the Dell laptop still lasts about three and half hours, and there is no problem cooling fan is not properly properly.
I only remember one thing differently done on my laptop battery which is I charged it fully, then I stored it without using it for about four months, then when I reused it, I found it got worse over time. I.e. first time of using it after storing,I found
it empty, then I charged it again fully, however, then it lasted about 2 hours, then 1 and half hours, next an hour, now it is only lasting about 20 minutes without performance. If there is high performance, then
the computer shuts down suddenly.
My problem is follows:::
First: Whenever I inserted any Containing Data OR Data CD/DVD-RLightScribe discs, I found that HP optical driver was
unable to read them. When clicking on the optical disc drive 'double-click' while disc was inserted, then I found that disc opened as this way(NOTE: With a CD/DVD player is grayed out)
I was told 'I suspect the culprit might be hardware and lightscribe dive might be
corrupt. Please sent it to service center to check. In addition, this thread could be as a reference:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-hardware/media-in-cddvd-drive-is-not-readable/794fe26a-7e47-45c4-a50b-0af2ed53f75b'
Since no one replied to me at HP forums, although my HP laptop is one of their products, I had to post my problem here to know if my driver is corrupted and needs to be replaced or not.
Blank Or Used(containg data) CD/ DVD ±R/RW lightscirbe is unable to be read by optical drive
When clicking on drive 'duble-click', I found it opens like a USB FlashDrive or With a CD,DVD player, however,
: Bare in mind that 'with CD/DVD Player'
is grayed out)
Not Blank(containing data) CD/ DVD ±R/RW NON -Lightscirbe disc opens normal:
Blank CD/ DVD ±R/RW NON-lightscirbe opens normal(Opens like
a USB FlashDrive or With a CD,DVD)::
My LightScribe System Software version is:
I've tried installed the latest version of lightscribe software, then I run
the diagnostic utility, however, the problem still persists.
My HP CD/DVD DVDآ±R/RW specs are::
Optical Drives
hp CDDVDW TS-L633R
Media Type DVD Writer
Name hp
CDDVDW TS-L633R
Availability Running/Full Power
Capabilities Random
Access, Supports Writing, Supports Removable Media
Read capabilities CD-R,
CD-RW, CD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW
DL, DVD+R DL
Write capabilities CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R DL
Config Manager Error Code Device is working
properly
Config Manager User Config FALSE
Drive E:
Media Loaded
FALSE
SCSI Bus 0
SCSI Logical Unit 0
SCSI Port 0
SCSI Target Id
1
Status OK
Trying to solve the problem,
I have done these steps in order::
I tried checking with dignostic ulitiy:
I have tried Advanced View , this is the file of output data ofdignostic utlity
LightScribe System Software Settings:
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\MessageDir C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LSPrintDialog C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintDialog.exe
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LSPrintingDialog C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintingDialog.exe
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LsPrintLauncher C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintLauncher.dll
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\ResourceDir C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\res
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\LSPrintAPI C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\LightScribe\LSPrintAPI.dll
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\UpdateShellCommand http://www.lightscribe.com/go/downloads/windows
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\PreviousVersion 1.18.20.1
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\CurrentVersion 1.18.27.10
SOFTWARE\LightScribe\Update\TrailingVersion
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\Type 16
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\Start 2
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\ErrorControl 0
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\DisplayName LightScribeService Direct Disc Labeling Service
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\ObjectName LocalSystem
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LightScribeService\Description Used by the LightScribe software components to support 3rd party disc labeling applications using the LightScribe COM Application Programming Interface (LSCAPI). This service needs to run for LightScribe direct disc labeling to work.
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\LightScribeService\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\LightScribeService\
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Eventlog\Application\LightScribeService\TypesSupported 7
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\0 IDE\CdRomhp_CDDVDW_TS-L633R______________________0300____\4&334f7860&0&0.1.0
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\Count 2
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\NextInstance 2
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Cdrom\Enum\1 SCSI\CdRom&Ven_ELBY&Prod_CLONEDRIVE&Rev_1.4\1&2afd7d61&0&000000
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\allocatecdroms 0
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\CDRom\autorun 1
SOFTWARE\INTEL\Intel Application Accelerator Not detected
Drives and Media:
Drive 0 : hp CDDVDW TS-L633R 0300 219 (E:), Media Imaging Parameter : 114
I tried running the below command line to fix potential disk issue 'Chkdsk/r /f'
I cleaned the drive, discs, and so on.
I have uninstalled the all third-party data recording software.
I have uninstalled the Cyber DVD suite, lightscribe system software
which came pre-installed with my HP pavilion Notebook.
I have recovered my system from the HP Factory Recovery discs.
I have tried opening all those LightScibe discs not opening on my HP optical drive, on a Dell optical drive, and all of them were opened well, although Dell optical drive did not have a lightscribe feature at all., nor third party disc recording software.
However, the problem is still with opening the discs LIGHT-SCRIBE.
Thus, my questions are:
How to determine if the drive is corrupted and needs to be replaced with another one.
I think there something needed to be done on the BIOS Of my HP laptop[[[A similar problems happened on my Desktop computer's optical drive which is as follows (ALL discs are opened as empty by Optical Drive of My Desktop Computer) ---while
my optical drive of my desktop was connected to the
primary slave IDE, and the HDD was connected to the primary master IDE, the optical drive and hard disk are functioning well. However, I remember that while burning an image with Nero essential V: 5, something went wrong, and
then the Optical Drive of My Desktop Computer (HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NP20) became NOTrecognised/Installed on
BIOS, although it was still shown on the device manager as a recognised device. Also, it was listed on my computer, however, when entering a disc(blank or with data) into the drive, I found it was not recognised, and it opened empty(no files
at it), although it contains data. Thus, I decided to boot to BIOS, and clicked on 'Autodetection for IDE', then I found that only HDD was still shown as installed on BIOS. However, the optical drive was not. Th I tried clicking on it on BIOS and then
clicking on 'enter' to try to let the device be re-recognized. However, that
made no difference. I had to take part my computer ,and then reconnected the optical drive onto thesecondary slave IDE , and let HDD connected to the same
primary master IDE. Then, I found that the problem solved and all discs were read normally. Aslo, optical drive became installed on BIOS.
What is meant with with double Layer Support.
How much does it cost?
A man should convert his anger and sadness into strength to continue living in this life.

Did you try unsinatalling LightScribe application then checking the status ?
This is probably related to the faulty hardware or the application ( LightScribe
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Could you please really concentrate with me, and really reply to me to finish this problem pending.
If you had had a look again at my first post, you would have seen that I said that I have done some things, among of which is: I have uninstalled the Cyber DVD suite, lightscribe system software
which came pre-installed with my HP pavilion Notebook.
Yes, you're right the two threads below are concerned about one issue.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itpromedia/thread/5c1aa5e8-9728-492b-a5c3-387f29ee4b6e/#d6f63628-29a3-4adf-b33f-03b33c138910
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/683997ff-1004-4579-b69d-5e982746c917/lightscribe-supermulti-dvdrrw-with-double-layer-support-is-no-longer-able-to-read-all-lightscribe?forum=w7itpromedia
However, this thread contains more precise details and screen shots about the problem. I was not able to understand whether all lightscribs were not unable to be read or not. However, I now recognized that, and I recognized that only all LightScribe(empty
or used) discs are unable to be read. furthermore, that other thread got far too longer to be followed.
Moreover, I would like you to take some time out to answer my problem about Lighstscribe discs since I am going to purchase 'A battery, Cooling Fan' From the HP agent in Yemen, which is far away from me about 1000 Km. Thus, If my optical disc drive was corrupted
as well, then I would be requesting the 'optical disc drive' as well from the HP along with 'Battery, Cooling Fan' .
A man should convert his anger and sadness into strength to continue living in this life.

Disc image form a double layer DVD fails

I am trying to make a disc image from a double layer DVD in Disc Utility (os 10.5.1) so I can burn another copy (I burned the disc I am copying from, so it should not be encrypted or anything) and it has an i/o error part way through each time I try, I am guessing it is hitting the double layer splice point and not knowing what to do or something.
Any help would be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

Hi
There is a far fetched solution - but far from perfect.
(Best You can do is as Old Toad writes - Make it SL from start)
But anyhow
• in iDVD Save as a DiskImage
• Then use Roxio Toast™ and copy the DiskImage to a new SL-DVD - BUT also select Fit-on-DVD.
Now Toast will re-compress (takes sever amount of time) so that the material will fit (up to 10 hours on a SL-DVD)
BUT there are several Cons. to this
• Roxio Toast™ is not free - nor is it cheap
• Takes a long time to do
• Resulting DVD will look poor (Much worse than a SL-DVD from iDVD from start)
(A 10 hour SL-DVD - looks like crap)
So Yes it's technically possibly - But I can not motivate it at all.
Yours Bengt W

How do I use the "double-layer" function with my iMac?

Hi,
Just wondering who can help me. I want to burn a dvd using the double-layer feature. The thing is I don't know if my iMac comes with that application preinstalled. I don't even know if I need an application and which one. The only thing I have for the moment is the "LightScribe DVD+R".
Thank you

"Double-layer" is a property of the media (the disk itself). There are no options in software necessary to support writing to it, it just uses the second layer if the data won't fit on a single-layer and the disk in the drive has a second-layer.
As far as software is concerned, there's no notion of "layers" on the disk. The software simply sees the disk as 4.5G (a regular DVD+R) or 9G (DVD+R DL). Handling of writing multiple layers is handled by the drive itself.
You'll note that you can't treat single-layer discs as double-layered ones. The drive can tell what sort of disk was inserted.

Disk Utility fails to create image from double layer DVD

I burned a double-layer DVD using iDVD. It plays fine on the mac and on set-top DVD players. However, when I try to create an image of the DVD using Disk Utility, I get "Can't create image 'name.cdr' (input/output error)". I've tried re-burning the original disk, but it gets the same error when trying to create an image. I've also tried each of the image types, all with the same result.

I was having similar problems, although I don't think my issues was related to a double-layer DVD. What worked for me was selecting File > New > Disk Image from Folder. Select the DVD in the file open/save dialog with the same options you used before (e.g., DVD/CD master, etc).
HTH
- Dave

Can I use a super drive double layer in my ibookG4?

I have a 12 inch G4 iBook with the following specifications:
Max OS X version 10.4.11
Machine Name:          iBook G4
Machine Model:          PowerBook6,5
CPU Type:          PowerPC G4 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs:          1
CPU Speed:          1.2 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):          512 KB
Memory:          768 MB
Bus Speed:          133 MHz
Boot ROM Version:          4.8.7f1
Serial Number:          4H******S87
I want to upgrade the optical drive combo I have for a super drive double layer to record movies, music and learn to use properly IDVD function.
Also I would be interested to upgrade my operation system to snow leopard, Do I need to change the CPU speed as well? and I want to change the Memory to 1 GB. Should I get specific memory card to get 1GB? look forward to hear from you.
Fernando
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The matter of obtaining a retail or replacement install DVD for Leopard 10.5
can be elusive; some say they'd been able to call AppleCare or Sales Support
US (two different 800 numbers, in Apple site) and for a fee of about $17, get
a white label full install DVD for Leopard 10.5; also said to be available, was
a white label DVD for Tiger 10.4. {These may or may not still be available;
the kicker here, was some who called over the past year did get them, others
who called later did not. Then even later on, others were able to get them.}
This topic has come up a few times in ASC discussions, even early this year
with posts in these threads with contact phone numbers to try & order discs.
And at this moment, I do not have those numbers available to include here;
nor do I know if I did, if the persons who may answer would be able to answer
the question of availability themselves. Appears the answer has changed
depending on who you are able to talk to, there at Apple.
Since those of us who answer these discussions do not know policy nor do
we represent Apple corporate, the results of any finding can be hit & miss.
About browsers. Some exist that are custom builds for PowerPC Mac and
there are some limits due to the nature of the volunteer efforts behind them.
Of them, note of these some only work in OS X 10.5.8; a few offer an older
OS 9 version (see icab site for a classic pre-X version.)
•TenFourFox - 7450 ("G4e" - see DL link)
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tenfourfox/files/24.4.0/TenFourFox7450-24.4.0.ap p.zip/download
•iCab - shareware - runs free w/ small limitation
http://www.icab.de/dl.php
•SeaMonkey-for-PPC (OS X 10.5)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/seamonkey-for-ppc/
For my PPC G4 Macs, which run 10.5.8, I have these three browsers, and
also the Safari browser of the vintage; you can use Safari to set a different
browser as 'default' to the system, so a general browser launch triggers a
different browser than Safari, another one will take its place. I also have
an older Opera browser 10.63 that works, but is not supported w/ updates.
So regarding the purchase of retail label (not grey from a machine series)
DVD for a full install Mac OS X Leopard 10.5, an answer may exist, but
I do not have the details; nor do I know of some are workable answers.
And the discs said to be offered were either vintage replacements so a
caller would need a serial number, to match; or were white label installer
versions for a wider range of machines, not just one built model. So there
is some matter of what they are, and if what you want may really exist!
Some persons had looked into amazon or other possible sources, but if
a seller misrepresents their product, you can't really use what won't work.
You may be able to get old stock unused retail Leopard DVDs, ? online.
{Oh, if you have some favorite classic applications from OS 9.2.2 & before
you should consider a clone of Tiger 10.4.11 system with Classic, so you
can later boot the computer from there, in order to run those old applications.
Leopard does not support Classic in OS X. A backup hard disk drive with
its own power supply, and with oxford-type chipset, can be used for clones.}
Anyway, I thought to add the browser list; and a few add-ons from FireFox
will work with TenFourFox. I use one that makes the first open browser
window not have a tab. TenFourFox 17 had no tabs by default, now v.24
has tabs. I prefer separate windows so I can drag-drop between them and
do multiple searches or have other topics open at once. Or run two browsers.
Hopefully this helps somewhat.
Good luck & happy computing!

Two complete live shows on a single DVD+R double layer disc

Hello!
I am a new customer of Adobe's and have gone from Sonic MyDVD v6.1 to v9.0, then to Adobe Premiere Element 3.0 last month, and finally to Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 with Adobe Encore CS3 a few days ago with the digital downloads. Absolutely no problems downloading 3.5GB of files, which is unheard of for my computer and no problems whatsoever with serial numbers for the downloads either.
Fortunately for me, all of my problems have been stemming from being inexperienced with Premiere Pro and the online tutorials and help from Forum users have been fantastic! Well, with the exception of the "Desktop Display Mode has been reset because the video card returned an error" error message that seems to keep cropping up and causing my video to look unrendered, despite it all now being rendered, I am at a crossroads of what to do here.
Two years ago, I videotaped one of my favorite local bands performing an outdoor live show in the afternoon and then videotaped them performing at a club the same night. Now I am trying to re-make the same DVD that I made for them using Sonic MyDVD 6.1, because they want to sell it now, but this time on a double-layer disc for better quality (plus I upgraded my crap NEC DVD burner that came with my Dell computer to an LG GSA-H10L since then, which works great and doesn't make error-prone DVDs) and also remove some bonus materials that they thought would only be of interest to them and took up too much space. The only problem is that I deleted all of my original source files because they were taking up too much space and I couldn't save a 10MB file anywhere else. In hindsight, I probably could have split it up into smaller pieces, but that's not the issue now.
When I bought Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0, I remember reading something that said to put two complete video files on the same timeline and just add Main Menu markers and End Point markers to allow the program to auto-populate the chosen DVD template. So I did that, but I hated the templates and there was very little control over anything. Sonic MyDVD at least gave me the option to center the button text. In the end, I upgraded to Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.
Now I have completed editing the timeline and am happy with everything, but now I see there are no Main Menu markers or End Point markers. Can I still make a decent DVD with two main menu motion buttons that each have Play and Scene Selections options below them with everything on the same timeline/sequence, or do I need to create a new sequence and copy everything from part two of my original timeline to the new sequence? Is there a preferred method?
I didn't see this covered in any of the tutorials, help files, forums, or the downloadable manual that I also purchased. Maybe I missed it, but can anyone offer any insight on this?
Thank you!
Matt

Yes, I have Encore installed and did a 4-hour first pass to Export to Encore last night, but it failed about 2 hours in when my Zone Alarm pop-up came up saying it was trying to access the Internet and I was away from my computer for 15 minutes while it was up. Then I restarted it at 11pm and it ran until 3am, when I was hoping to go to bed, but then it began its second pass. Grr! I can't remember if I went to bed at this point and found this when I woke up, or if I was staying up watching its second pass to see if it would go any quicker than the first time, but when it completed, I received this pop-up message:
"The instruction at 0x11ce445a referenced memory at 0x11d00000. The memory could not be written."
When I clicked OK, Adobe Encore shut down.
I'm guessing that if I started with two .AVI files totaling 19.4GB, I should have ended up with something larger than a 3.8GB .M2V file, an 82MB .M2V.XMPSES file, a 936MB .WAV file, and a 3KB .XMP file when this was done rendering. At this point, I don't know what to do with the resulting files or if they are incomplete.
Anyhow, after all that, my main question in my original post was this:
"Can I still make a decent DVD with two main menu motion buttons that each have Play and Scene Selections options below them with everything on the same timeline/sequence, or do I need to create a new sequence and copy everything from part two of my original timeline to the new sequence? Is there a preferred method?"
Thanks!
Matt

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I can't seem to burn double layer DVDs. I am using an intel iMac which says i should be able to but it won't accept discs to burn.
Is it because i am using 8.5GB discs because iDVD says in the project info that double layer DVD should be 7.7GB?
Any thoughts...?

I am having the same problem!
I am Using basic DVD+R DL discs.
Under "Project" and "Project Info" i change the "DVD Type:" to "Double-Layer (DL) - 7.7 GB"
the burn process will act completely normal until the very end.
It will spit out the disk and stick on "cleaning up" or on "writing lead-in".
Then, when DVD is reinserted in to the computer, it will read it like a blank disk (it gives you the "you have inserted a blank disc" menu).
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Photoshop Album 2.0.1 kennt keine Double Layer DVD?

Hallo Experten,
ich versuche mit Photoshop Album 2.0.1 ein Backup meines Katalogs auf einer Double Layer DVD zu machen.
Nur scheint PSA die nicht zu kennen und behauptet immer, ich würde 18 CDs benötigen.
Kennt jemand einen Fix?
Gruß, Jost

Hallo Experten,
ich versuche mit Photoshop Album 2.0.1 ein Backup meines Katalogs auf einer Double Layer DVD zu machen.
Nur scheint PSA die nicht zu kennen und behauptet immer, ich würde 18 CDs benötigen.
Kennt jemand einen Fix?
Gruß, Jost

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