Re: FC4 and DVD burner

ken wrote:
Matt Giwer wrote:

By cdrecord --scanbus and by the name on the burner I have this.

'TSSTcorp' 'CD/DVDW TS-H552B' 'GA02' Removable CD-ROM

I am interested in seeing if I should replace it after trying about everything. I have used cdrecord on two other machines with different CD burners and although never quite happy they have always worked.

What happened was, the scanbus drive came with a machine loaded with some version of Windows with Nero. I immediately burned the FC4 DVD.iso file and wiped out windows. It worked perfectly. But under FC4 it will not create a working DVD or CD-ROM. My guess it is cleverly not quite standard. I get an error saying it does not get a valid sector (0) and uses -150.

I have googled this burner and find no mention problems with it.

I have also tried the version of cdrecord that works on another machine to burn and CD-ROM and it does not work.

I think I have eliminated all the possibilities but still cannot explain why Nero worked other than inside info on this particular burner.

Does anyone have any suggestions before I drop $50 on a new burner and then kick myself for not using the right --switch? I am looking at name brands rather than whomever TSST but that is just a wing and a prayer.

When I google this drive, "CD/DVDW TS-H552B", I get lots of "it stopped working" even under Windows and Nero. There is also a firmware update for it that "improves media compatibility", at least on HPs. Problem may be that they need Windows to install the patch. It could be the media as well, as several responses say to only use the best media. (Sounds like compatibility to me.)

Didn't find such posts when I first looked a few months ago. (Not a high priority problem until recently.) I have tried two CD and two DVD media, the former working fine in another burner so that is unlikely. In any event so far the silence is deafening enough to get a name brand one and see what happens.

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