Re: Suse 8.2 Won't Recognize CD Burner
From: Dave Brown (dhbrown_at_hobbes.dhbrown.net)
Date: 11/10/03
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 05:22:02 GMT
In article <pan.2003.11.10.03.36.02.794756@yahoo.com>, imotgm wrote:
> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 20:19:02 +0000, mjt wrote:
>> On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 13:43:59 -0500, John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>> > "speed=2". Is this just as an example, or do you really burn that slow?
>>> Whether or not the previous poster burns at that speed is irrelevant.
>>> It is (IMHO) a good starting point. Some people have old hardware and
>
> I had an older Acer 4x4x32 burner until about 6 months ago. It always
> worked fine until I bought some Memorex 12X CD-RW disks. The disks say
> they burn from 4X to 12X. When inserted in the Acer, they send a bad 0
> block error when set to 4X burn. The disks burn fine on my son's newer
> faster burner, but not at 4x.
>
> I replaced my old Acer with a 52x24x52 Norcent. Works fine, but when I
> try your command with speed=2 it kicks into 6x and burns fine. I tried the
> same thing with a friends older 24x10x32 and the speed=2 gave the bad 0
> block error. Speed=4 also got the bad 0 block error. Speed=6 or higher
> burn normally at the designated speed. These disks will not under any
> circumstance burn at 2x or 4x.
>
> I only mention this because someone with older hardware, and these newer
> disks, and maybe all "high speed" disks, following your test with speed=2
> might interpret the bad 0 block error as a hardware config problem, rather
> than a "wrong speed" problem. Wrong speed=<anything lower than 6>.
>
> If either of you were aware of this before, I didn't waste too much time.
> If you weren't, then this should help save a lot of time trying to "fix" a
> non-broken burner.
Have you seen this in a written report somewhere, or is this based only on
your personal experience? It's certainly not something I'd expect.
I have a couple of Lite-on burners, and am about 2/3 through a current
stack of 100 Imation CDRs that I believe were labeled (not on the disk)
16x. I used to typically burn them at 8x, but in one classroom with older
PCs, some had trouble booting from them. Since then, I've dropped back to
4x, as I surmise that I might get a better burn at a slower speed. And I
haven't experienced any failures since then.
Since I spend a bunch of time in front of a PC screen, the length of time
disks are cooking is not particularly significant, as I'm not sitting here
watching them cook, but doing other things. (Got some in the oven while
type for a class week after next.)
-- Dave Brown Austin, TX
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