I'd say it wasn't the "error" that screwed up the drive, but the error was a symtom of the drive going bad. Contact QUE is my suggestion. And by phone, they never seem to answer their email.
David Crandon Amber Rhea wrote: > > Well, my Que firewire CD-RW is officially screwed up. I've trashed Toast > prefs (can't trash drive prefs because it doesn't use a driver or anything) > and I can't think of much else to do... I mean, I've tried umpteen trillion > different CDs, and it's always the same thing - the LED on the front of the > drive blinks continuously, and if I try to record a CD Toast gives me the > message "Waiting for the Writer..." for over a minute (if I let it go that > long), and then it'll eject the CD and say "Please insert a recordable > disk!" Once it actually froze my computer and I had to restart. All this > trouble started after I got a buffer underrun error a few weeks back when > burning a CD. Prior to that, all had been smooth. I posted about this > before and people replied saying that it was highly unlikely that such an > error could permanently screw up the CD-RW drive itself, but I'm out of > ideas. I really need to be able to burn some CDs to back up all my stuff > from my G4, since I'm selling it and getting an iBook (Wednesday, no less). > Help? > > Thanks, > Amber > > P.S. I'm using OS 9.2.2 on a G4/350 > > -- > *** Amber Rhea *** > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.tangerinecs.com > > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign > \ / No HTML/RTF in email > X No Word docs in email > / \ Respect open standards! > > -- > G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> > Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! > <http://www.applelinks.com> -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
