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Mac Forum / General / Portable Macs / August 2005DVD hardware failure on PowerBook G4
I was backing up to DVD and opened a new spindle of disks. The first one worked okay but then I got seven consecutive hardware failures. However, these always occurred at the end of the write. This got me to wondering if I have some defective DVDs or if my drive has failed. I think if it was the drive it would have failed early in the write, but I don't know. The error was always: Sense Key = HARDWARE ERROR Sense Code = 0x03  SignatureRobert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883 bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] > I was backing up to DVD and opened a new spindle of disks. The first > one worked okay but then I got seven consecutive hardware failures. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Sense Key = HARDWARE ERROR > Sense Code = 0x03 I tried writing a very small bit of data to a DVD. Again, it seemed to write okay but then it hung at "Writing Lead-out." I left it in this state for many minutes and then I aborted the job. I am using Maxell DVD-Rs and Roxio 5.2.3. I am trying to decide whether I should buy some other DVDs to try. Any ideas? SignatureRobert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883 bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] > > I was backing up to DVD and opened a new spindle of disks. The first > > one worked okay but then I got seven consecutive hardware failures. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I am trying to decide whether I should buy some other DVDs to try. Any > ideas? I know the technology is different but I tried writing the same directory to a CD and it worked perfectly. SignatureRobert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883 bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac] rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office] > > > I was backing up to DVD and opened a new spindle of disks. The first > > > one worked okay but then I got seven consecutive hardware failures. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > I know the technology is different but I tried writing the same > directory to a CD and it worked perfectly. Chances are, you have a batch of defective DVD media. Try writing to a DVD from a different batch of discs. |
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