Re: CD-ROM error (i think i found the cause)
On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, Peter Ross wrote:
> On 06-Nov-1999, BC895@aol.com <BC895@aol.com> wrote:
> > Is it possible that the reason my CD-ROM drive has trouble reading the CD is
> > because the CDs are CD-Rs??? My CD-ROM drive is a CR-563 made by a division
> > of Panasonic (I think). It is 2x and uses the sbpcd driver. It is not an IDE
> > drive, it plugs into my Sound Card.
> >
> Yes.
>
> Older CD-ROM drives can have trouble reading CD-Rs.
Yep. I've had no problems at all with a generic Panasonic/Creative
interface drive, but had nothing but problems with a brand-name Creative
drive, with the same burned discs. Yet both drives handled pressed discs
without trouble. I wonder even if two different drives of the same model
would behave differently.
-- Ferret no baka
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