welll i have been having this problem since a week ... the combo drive on my ibook g4 does not recognize blank media like CD-R/CD-RW ... but it does recongize my other cds like the osx install cds , etc. ... anyone got an idea on whats wrong with the drive ?
Later,
Nial.
I would try reinstalling the drivers for the combo drive. Is that too PC sounding? Are you able to write to them within your Burner Software? Have you tried a different brand of blanks? Some are formatted different.
Good Luck, Jay.
well ill try that ... any idea where i can find the drivers ? ... and it doesnt work with any of the blank cdr/cdrw ... i tried many brands ... well thanx for helping out ..
later,
Nial.
Find out what brand your combo drive is and go to their website. Jay.
How are you expecting your iBook to recognize the blank media? Did it used to pop up a notice in the Finder asking what to do with it? If so, maybe those prefs got changed to "When you insert a blank CD -Ignore-"? Those settings can be found here -> System Preferences -> Hardware -> CDs & DVDs.
Did you try burning something using iTunes or Toast? If so, was the app able to see the blank disk?
dan k
it did pop a notice b4 ... but now nothin... i checked the preferences and stuff still no luck ... ... but the thing does not recognize any blank media ... even in itunes and toast ...
Later.