Hi,
David Farrier wrote:
will use cdrskin as an example, as I think its error messages more useful.
:)
Track 01: 139 of 640 MB written (fifo 100%) [buf 98%] 4.0x.cdrskin:
FAILURE : SCSI command 2Ah yielded host problem: 0x7 SG_ERR_DID_ERROR
(Internal error detected in the host adapter)
That's an error reply from the kernel call ioctl(SGI_IO) which shall
transport SCSI commands to the drive. Lots of them succeeded transporting
32 kiB of data per call. Now one of them suddenly failed with no error
message from the drive's firmware.
May 22 09:00:51 penguin kernel: [45975.237515] usb 2-9: reset high-speed USB
device number 3 using xhci_hcd
May 22 09:00:52 penguin kernel: [45976.212240] sr 7:0:0:0: Power-on or
device reset occurred
This is probably the reason for above error reply. The USB connection went
away and the file descriptor became invalid while it was waiting for the
outcome of the pending SCSI transaction.
Hard to say what makes the involved controllers mad after a while of
burning. The rotation speed might grow and thus consume more power.
But you had effective CD speed 4, which is rather moderate.
Did you already try to plug it into a different USB port of the computer ?
Does it have its own power supply (or does it have two USB cables) ?
DV-W5000U CD/DVD
Premium reputation but probably as old as the first cdrskin release. :))
Photos look like it's a full height drive in a USB box.
Those quite surely have internal SATA or IDE controllers connected to
a USB bridge in the box. One can buy 5.25 inch USB enclosures with
SATA-USB at about the price of a new Blu-ray burner. IDE-USB might
be a matter of virtual yard sales.
So before you throw your TEAC away it might be worth to cautiously
crack its enclosure and to look whether there is a SATA or IDE cable
to see and the drive can be unscrewed from the box. If so, then it
is up to you whether you invest in a new USB box at the risk that it
is the drive's controller which goes mad.
In this sad case, you could then buy a DVD burner for the box (again,
IDE is rare now). It is hard to find expensive ones, nowadays.
Have a nice day :)
Thomas