Re: CDROM burning problem - new approach
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Chance Platt wrote:
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>> I would still like to know why the Sony drive would not write (it did
>> read) in the Gigabyte box and fix it if possible. Could it be a
>> firmware problem?
>
> Google is your friend here, but by my experience, most likely not.
Before swapping the drives I googled the error message originally
received. I saw lots complaints about it but nothing about how to fix
it. It was lack of the latter which caused me to swap the drives.
> This is an obvious hardware problem. It is a common failure mode for a
> drive to stop burning or burn intermittently and continue to otherwise
> work. Also common is for burnable media to go bad, or a particular
> combination of drive and CD media to not work.
Useful to know, and to watch out for.
> It would be interesting for you to try burning from the other computer
> with the non-working drive, and to try new media of a different brand.
>
> At least here in the US, a new drive costs roughly twice a smaller pack
> of CDRs. In the interest of time and cost, it may be easier to replace
> the drive altogether.
Yes, and that is exactly what I did -- buy a new drive for the other box
when it is updated to a dual core.
Ken
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