In some cases the problem may be the cd label but a recent article that I had read (don't remeber where) had put the blame on the way that the newer faster drivers clamp and hold the cd's by putting the blame on poor mechanical design.
The comment was to use a better quality lower speed drive. CD's have been found to shatter in the new 52X supersonic drives due to being off balance and or manufacturing defects with the cd and also due to the inability to clamp down the cd properly. 32X is fast enough for me and I don't have to listen to 747's taking off. JoeD On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 18:05:23 +1300 Michael Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Following the "First -Suspect Me" Thread with interest. > > My Case... > Brand new store bought V9.0 pre-installed computer. > It has a 52x CD on hdb (fstab was set up for hdd but i corrected that). > The supplied disks are recorded download edition 9.0 40x recordable. > The disks have an envelope address size sticker plastered on them. > The CD will read any package ok after repeated attempts. > > Which solutions will help reduce read errors the most. > 1. Buy another IDE cable and put the CD on hdc. > 2. Remove the stickers incase they are causing speed wobbles. > 3. A software method of throttling back the top read speed. > (Does this exist and what is it?) > 4. Other suggestion...? > > -- > Michael > >
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