Re: broken cds: why?

From: Jacob Westenbach (westy528_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 03/02/04

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    "berto" <berto1981nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
    news:c22ka2$1nkj64$1@ID-210716.news.uni-berlin.de...
    > Hi,
    >
    > All cds I've burned on my linux box today seem to be broken. I can't read
    > them also on other machines.
    > I can mount the cds, but I get a lot of errors trying to read them, e.g.:
    >
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x34Aborted Command LastFailedSense 0x03
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x34Aborted Command LastFailedSense 0x03
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x34Aborted Command LastFailedSense 0x03
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x34Aborted Command LastFailedSense 0x03
    > hdc: DMA disabled # hdc is a dvd-rom drive. dma was enabled before
    that!
    > hdc: ATAPI reset complete
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: error=0x34Aborted Command LastFailedSense 0x03
    > hdc: cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
    >

    >From your description, it seems that the record/read head(s) of your burner
    are out of alignment. Not a problem if the media being recorded is to be
    used in the same drive. A major PITA if the media needs to be useable in
    other machines (apparently your situation).

    It _may_ be possible to adjust the heads in your burner, but I am not
    familiar enough with the internals of these drives to offer any way to
    determine this or accomplish the feat if it is possible. The simplest
    solution is to just replace the burner.

    JW

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