Quote: Originally posted by asxless: I thought that Memorex was a 'name brand' DVD-R media vendor with proper speed coding, but apparently my PowerBook's 8X drive doesn'…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: I've always considered Memorex media to be second-tier (not no-name, but not top-notch). Many of their blank CD-Rs seem to be incorrec…

Frankly, most of the blank media I've seen out there ISN'T up to par -- this has been a huge complaint of mine for many years. Think that all the manufacturers all follow the specs…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: That's plain and simply not true. In a notebook drive, power consumption IS an issue, so smaller, lighter lenses are used (they may in…

I disagree. The drive is doing the right thing in not burning at 8x on media that it cannot guarantee will handle that write speed. If people were burning coaster after coaster, th…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: So sorry, but I definitely blame the media. I second that... I buy brand name media off a store shelf and have no problems. I d…

Quote: Originally posted by macgyvr64: Buy big name media - Memorex, Verbatim, Apple (Maxell media, someone said). It costs a little more, but it's solid. Ma…

Quote: Originally posted by asxless: Maybe you didn't actually read the thread before making your list. Because I have already reported that 8X MEMOREX DVD-R media, wh…

Quote: Originally posted by macgyvr64: ...Regardless, it's not really Apple's fault. They don't build the drives. And have you tried other burning apps, like Toast? A…

So I received the Maxell 8x DVD-R spindles from Buy.com, and low and behold, the discs are recognized at 8x. Unfortunatly, like the Apple DVDs, this doesn't mean that it actually …

Quote: Originally posted by Chris_G: So I received the Maxell 8x DVD-R spindles from Buy.com, and low and behold, the discs are recognized at 8x. Unfortunatly, like the…

Quote: Originally posted by tooki: And for anyone who thinks that this only affects Panasonic drives, today's Macintouch has a report of someone having the same problem …

Whenever mine has been in a deep sleep [not used for over a day] and re-start, get the Apple pic then it starts up and the Clicker sound has been re-activated. Think it is just a …

my 4G 40Gb crashed hard one day, and the clicker has never worked on speaker since. lame.

Quote: Originally posted by bells0: Whenever mine has been in a deep sleep [not used for over a day] and re-start, get the Apple pic then it starts up and the Clicker so…

Quote: Originally posted by bells0: Whenever mine has been in a deep sleep [not used for over a day] and re-start, get the Apple pic then it starts up and the Clicker so…

I have the same problem. Not sure about having the logo come up, but the clicker always comes back. Kind of annoying really.

well im relieved to hear that others are experiencing the same problem. i guess ill hold off on sending it back under warranty until i get closer to the expiration date.

they call them iPod killers because that makes people read the article. If the review was titled "satellite radio mobile player - sucks compared to your iPod" do you really think …

The only iPod not rated with a 9 rating is the Shuffle. It's their favorite mp3 player by far.

Hey it only makes them look stupid as people love the iPod.

Quote: Originally posted by Dalhectar: The only iPod not rated with a 9 rating is the Shuffle. It's their favorite mp3 player by far. Exactly. They love the iPod.…

more data.. i got into activity monitor. locate the perl process, wich belongs to the system, and try to force quit. asks for pw, and i force quit it. a few seconds later it starts…

update... i think i finally killed it. started to kill every single root process wiith a perl name or similar, it started again but did it faster until i got rid of them. now the…

What was the name of the perl script and from where was it being run? You say it was being run as root? Unless there was a root compromise, which would be big news, it's safer to a…