pseudonym Posted December 15, 2007 Report Share Posted December 15, 2007 G4 iBook; OS 10.4.11; Toast 8.01 and 8.03; various brands of media that formerly had no problems being erased Attempts to erase CD-RW or DVD-RW often result in following error message: The drive reported an error: Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR Sense Code = 0x51 ERASE FAILURE I can successfully erase discs using Disk Utility. The discs can then be used in Toast without further problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pseudonym Posted December 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2007 UPDATE (12.17.07): Have noticed same failure in Disk Utility, so it likely is a hardware or OS issue. Have reinstalled OS 10.4 --> 10.4.11, using "archive and install" and still have problems with CERTAIN brands of DVD-RW media, but not others, whereas previously virtually all brands of media appeared to erase without issues. I suspect either a hardware issue or possibly the aging of the Memorex DVD-RW media (RITEKW01). Apple support suspects drive failure, will probably get worse with time. Well, I've got 3 days left on Applecare service plan :-) I've posted this information in case anyone else is experiencing similar symptoms; it might not be a software issue after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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G4 iBook; OS 10.4.11; Toast 8.01 and 8.03; various brands of media that formerly had no problems being erased
Attempts to erase CD-RW or DVD-RW often result in following error message:
The drive reported an error:
Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR
Sense Code = 0x51
ERASE FAILURE
I can successfully erase discs using Disk Utility. The discs can then be used in Toast without further problems.
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