Will my MBP DVD drive burn CD+G's?

Hi, I asked a couple of questions re this earlier, but I obviously didn't make myself clear based on the responses. This time I'm right to the point. Any info appreciated. Thanks, Kate

Yes I answered your post earlier.
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Will give points, thanks again

Some good suggestions for external burners have been made in another thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=3904577

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Another help source (if you haven't already done so).
Go to your OS Help Menu. In the search field type dvd
Click on all the troubleshooting topics & Support Articles that pertain to your issue.
You can also do the same in Disk Utility. Open same up.
At the bottom left of the window, click on the purple button w/the "?" in the middle.
This will bring up the Help Menu.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2801 Apple Portables: Troubleshooting the slot load optical disc drive
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http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=50448 How to Handle and Clean CD and DVD Discs
Your drive may need cleaning. Cleaning kits can be purchased from any store that sells CD/DVDs
The software had did have an update bhack in march/april and since that update it hasnt been the same since.
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Care to share which OS you are using?

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Hey guys, I've searched the forums for several days on this but can't see to find the fix.
I've been running Arch for about 2.5 years, upgrading daily, and all was going well, but yesterday I decided to do a fresh Arch install. The new install went fine and I'm using it now, but I'm having some troubles with my DVD drive and any CD/DVD burner apps that I try to use. Those same apps worked perfectly in my old install.
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Graveman just hangs on trying to detect my drives on the first start, and it has to be killed manually. It never gets past detecting the first drive.
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1,0,0 100) 'PLEXTOR ' 'DVDR PX-740A ' '1.01' Removable CD-ROM
1,1,0 101) 'PLEXTOR ' 'CD-R PREMIUM ' '1.06' Removable CD-ROM
1,2,0 102) *
1,3,0 103) *
1,4,0 104) *
1,5,0 105) *
1,6,0 106) *
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$ cat /etc/fstab
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# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
none /dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/dvd /mnt/dvd udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 ro,user,noauto,unhide 0 0
/dev/sdb1 /mnt/flash vfat user,noauto,noatime 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/fd0 vfat user,noauto 0 0
/dev/sda6 / ext3 defaults 0 1
/dev/sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/sda8 /home ext3 defaults 0 1
I didn't have any modules in rc.conf before the new install and all worked well, so I didn't put any there this time either. I've tried reinstalling K3b, Graveman, and the kernel, but none of that helped.
It seems to me that this all has something to do with the new drive naming scheme, but I'm not sure.
Anyone have any clues on a fix for this one?
Thanks in advance.
oz

Hi, T-Dawg
Yep, graveman still hangs, so it might not really be K3b's fault, but a possible kernel problem instead. However, the current kernel works fine with the previous version of KDE. In the bug report mentioned above, someone claimed this issue will be fixed with the 2.6.22 kernel, so I guess we'll know soon enough.
Command line burns work perfectly so I'll keep using that and skip on hard coding the device to sr0 for now. Might do that if the new kernel doesn't work, though.
Thanks for your help.
oz
Edit: I've tried k3b 1.0.3-1 that just came out earlier today, but it has the same problem. Gotta go all the way back to version 1.0.1 to get things working again.
Last edited by ozar (2007-07-23 16:18:16)

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Thanks for the quick reply.
I have downloaded the software and tried to burn the files to disc with it, but it gives the following error:
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Fortunately, the old PowerBook had agreed to be an organ donor, so I am harvesting a number of items from it -- hard drive, 802.11b card, DVD drive, and memory. The hard drive was transplanted into an external USB 2.5in hard drive enclosure. The 802.11b card went into my older PowerMac (an M8705LL/A).
I am wondering about the memory and DVD drive, though. I have a 12" iBook G4 about two years old or so, pretty much bottom of the line, that has a CD-RW and (had been upgraded to) 640MB RAM.
Could the OEM 128MB be replaced with the 512MB from the Powerbook (assuming that the Powerbook's 512MB memory didn't get fried), upgrading the machine from 640MB to 1GB? Seems I remember reading about a memory limitation on that particular vintage of iBooks, but don't remember where I saw it or what it said about max RAM.
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Go to the apple menu ---> about this mac ----> More Information. Look under USB to see if your drive is actually detected. If it is, use Patchburn to enable it. Patchburn is a free program used to help Mac's detect unsupported burners.
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Basically, for a while my iBook CD drive was spitting out CDs, as per a common problem which I was not able to resolve. Eventually the tray broke and it would not click back into place, and so I was left with an iBook with a CD tray constantly popped out.
I ordered a new DVD drive/burner that claimed it would fit an iBook, and when it arrived I pulled apart my laptop and installed it. Everything appeared to be in order, until I tried to plug in the AC adaptor.
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Hi Ronda, thanks for the response. I've pulled it apart a couple of times and have put it back together via the instructions I downloaded on the internet both times, and have had the same problem. To be honest, I can't answer that! I'll have to pull it apart this afternoon again to check.

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Hi,
Try hitting the escape button from boot up. It normally gives you the boot options where you can select the DVD drive.
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It looks like my MBP optical drive is dead - arg!

I have a Macbook Pro - circa 2006. This one does not have apple care.
I've got a blank cdr stuck inside it. As near as I can tell the macbook
does not even know it has a cd/dvd drive anymore. The drive is spinning,
but the OS does not see a disk. Nothing in disk utility. Holding down
mouse button or eject key does nothing. Trying drutil seems to do nothing.
Choosing about this mac tells me there no Disc Burning device was found.
Arg.
I don't burn things on this machine often, so it is not critical, but is nice to have. The geniuses I run into seem to know less than the people here. I guess I should give them a try, but I'm already afraid of what they'll estimate for repair.
I'm thinking just buy an external cd/dvd drive/burner would be a good option for this machine. Any specific suggestions? Anything more I should try before I throw money at it?
The other issue is, I hate wasting battery spinning a disk the machine cannot seem to see. Do I have to open the machine up (or pay somebody to do it) to turn
off the defective internal drive?
Is there a reasonably priced internal (or external) drive that would be recognised by the system should I have to reload or update the OS at some point?
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It may be something of a long shot, but you might check to see that DVD player is still in your applications folder. Also, you could try verifying both permissions and the disk, and repair if necessary. I don't know if that will help, but it won't hurt anything. It may even be worth trying to reinstall the OS, just in case it has somehow gotten corrupted and is not recognizing the optical drive. It might be worth booting from your install disc and navigate to Disk Utility and see if you can see the optical drive then.
It's also possible that one of the cables to the optical drive has come undone and needs to be reseated.
On the other hand, I have been reading about optical drive problems on this forum for some time, and some people thing the internal optical drive is just not of the best possible quality. So investing in a good external optical drive may not be a bad strategy.
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After countless days trying to solve this problem, I feel I can now add to the few solutions presented on the various forums of the internet. I'll post here because 1: i'm a mac user for everyday life although like most have as many pc's as well. 2: I already have a login for these forums!
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I'm going out of my mind :o//
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I have read about the different fixes that is posted - also here on the Toshiba forum - Non of the suggested solutions is working for me - any new solutions that I could try.
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> But I do not now how/where to get the registration keys! I have tried looking for them.
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Expand the "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" key (looks like a folder) by double clicking it (or clicking the "+" next to it.)
Expand the "SYSTEM" Key
Expand the "CurrentControlSet" Key
Expand the "Control" Key
Expand the "Class" Key
Please look for a key containing the following string of letter and numbers:{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
High light this key by left clicking once on it
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Jeff, welcome to Apple Discussions & the Mac Community.
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