[manwich74]

I use 7.1.2 on a 2.1 GHz PowerPC G5 with a MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-846 drive. The discs I use are Taiyo Yuden TYG02 which I thought were good media. I keep getting the error:

"The drive reported an error:
Sense Key = HARDWARE ERROR
Sense Code = 0x09, 0x01
TRACKING SERVO FAILURE"

I can save a disc image as .toast and then use the disc utility to burn the image and it works fine. What gives here? Do I need to lower the speed? Change media? Is it a software issue?

[lakewoodlawnman]

Since you are using good media try slower write speed.

I don't like MatSHITa drives so I use an external Pioneer DVR 110-D flashed to 1.41 region free firmware.

This post has been edited by lakewoodlawnman: 19 November 2006 - 09:58 AM

[manwich74]

lakewoodlawnman, on Nov 19 2006, 09:56 AM, said:

Since you are using good media try slower write speed. If that doesn't work, it sounds like drive failure.

That's fine, but a drive failure doesn't explain why they write just fine using the disc utility. Also, I tried 4x and same issue. I'm sick of making coasters.

[manwich74]

lakewoodlawnman, on Nov 19 2006, 09:56 AM, said:

Since you are using good media try slower write speed.

I don't like MatSHITa drives so I use an external Pioneer DVR 110-D flashed to 1.41 region free firmware.

I can burn ok at 2x speed. Basically, I found out that problem-less burning occurs when you buy Apple's OVERPRICED DVD media. They don't care and are not concerned about third party media giving problems. Great...

[macmidiguy]

Excuse me for dropping in on this posting.

Just today I had the same problem/reported error burning a DL DVD ( Verbatim as recommend by this forum ) from a movie.toast image.

Other days all is smooth burnin. Today me luck ran out.

I launched console but unable to locate were that would be logged. There is no crash report albeit it was not a crash in the true sense since T7.1 stayed open.


I hope T7.1.2 has fixed this what I see at these forums a common failure.

This post has been edited by macmidiguy: 19 November 2006 - 03:28 PM