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Article #174Re: G4 DVD RAM problems
From: Verne Arase
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:55
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 19:55
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On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:56:28 -0600, Chris Gruno wrote (in message <3A5FB6E3.51F18FE4@home.com>): > I have a G4 450 single processor AGP with a DVD RAM drive running OS > 9.0.4. When I put an audio CD or DVD movie in, the disk mounts, then I > get an error, "Apple DVD Player has stopped because it's having trouble > reading this disc." I have no problems playing CD's in my external SCSI > CDR/RW drive and the DVD's are brand new. Also the DVD drive has no > problems reading CD-ROM, CDR, and CDRW disks. I tried updating to OS > 9.1, but still nothing plays. Are you able to play any DVDs? From what I understand, there's a seperate laser for DVDs and CD-ROMs. You might have a bad laser.
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