Hi David, > 1) Each time you burn a CD try disconnecting and dropping power to the Zip CD > and then burn another CD. My guess is that this may well mean that you get > past your 3rd CD
I will try it, but it doesn't explain why it worked without problems on some laptop I used a while ago. Unfortunately I can't test it using this laptop anymore. But IIRC it worked all fine on that laptop, which was a Dell Latitude BTW. > > 2) The Zip CD 650 is actually an Iomega IDE CD-RW drive with a USB to IDE > adaptor stuck on the back and then put in a case. The interesting thing is > that if you visit the iomega website there are software updates available for > their IDE CDRW drives (the one that is actually inside the Zip CD 650). I > guess that because there is no way to actually update the firmware in the ZIP > CD iomega just figured that it probably didn't matter. I don't know if the > firmware updates will help you but if you are willing to unclip your case > using a thin screwdriver and finding the right bits of internal plastic to > push it would be worth a try (assuming you have an IDE computer you can plug > it into). Aha, interesting! I rather not try the firmware upgrade, altough I do have an IDE machine. In case there are differences in firmware between the USB variant and the pure IDE variant of the drive. > > 3) Buy another CD-RW. After my Zip CD broke I went and bought an LG IDE CDRW > and a USB to IDE adaptor and have not had any problems with it at all with > the exception that I am using a cheap 4 port hub which has a tendency to > disable and reconnect devices every now and again. That can cause some > problems but the CD-RW and USB to IDE adaptor have been great and were > considerably cheaper than a USB CDRW. Interesting combo, I didn't think about that combo when purchasing my Burner. :-) I use the burner straight onto the usb-port of the motherboard. I do have a USB-hub, but I rather not use it with the burner just to be sure the HUB isn't causing the problems. Thanks for your advice, Aschwin
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