MBP DVD Burning Problem

Westyfield2 · 29 Oct 2008 at 12:26

I was trying to burn a DVD yesterday, but iDVD didn't want to play ball.

I put in a normal Blank DVD+R and it just spun up for a while and then spat it back out asking me to insert a DVD. I then found a Dual-Layer Blank DVD and it did the same. Then I found a DVD-RAM (from the DVD recorder in the lounge) and that too did the same.

So I then decieded to try Toast, and that came up with:

The drive reported an error:
Sense Key = ILLEGAL REQUEST
Sense Code = 0x26
INVALID FIELD IN PARAMETER LIST

I tried it a few times with different discs and also got another error:

The drive reported an error:
Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR
Sense Code = 0x0C
WRITE ERROR

In the end I just transferred the IMG file to my PC over the network and burnt it on that (using the same DVD+R that my MBP refused).

My initial thought was that my MBP's drive evidently doesn't like that batch of discs, but actually I know I've burnt onto others from that same pack before.....

So now I'm thinking that either the burning driver has gone funny, or the drives broken.

Ideas anyone?

Westyfield2 · 30 Oct 2008 at 11:07

iSam said:
Sounds like the drive might have given up the ghost. Ring Apple?

Damn, was hoping someone would say it's a simple driver problem.

It's out of its standard warranty, but I bought the AppleCare..... so I'll take it into the Premium Reseller in town this afterooon and see what they say.

p.s. Apple - please open a shop in Bath!

Westyfield2 · 30 Oct 2008 at 18:49

iSam said:
Apple Store in the Cabot centre in Bristol?

I had a look at that last week, was nice but busy.

Took the MBP to Farpoint this afternoon and they fiddled around, did a repair permissions (whatever one of those is) and it's now working

Westyfield2 · 30 Oct 2008 at 20:56

slinxy said:
Even Apple service centres need permission from HQ before they can carry out a repair as they wont get paid for it. What drive did they put in for you? as I can't stand some of the drives that apple have been using recently and they keep sending me the same drive for my machine, which doesn't support a lot of makes of discs.

Sorry, I wasn't clear on what they did.

It was a Repair Permissions under the Disk Utility they did....... so it would appear my problem was software not hardware.