On Mon, 25 Dec 2000 23:27, Paul wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> >I was using my Iomega ZipCD 8x4x32 CD-RW drive reasonably intensely,
> > burning seven CDs in a row. These all came out successfully, but after
> > that I only get errors. I had a few coasters and one where the disc
> > wasn't fixated correctly (I correted this by fixating it manually
> > afterwards). After that,
>
> Hello,
>
> Perhaps the problem is in the CD-RW itself?
> Do you have it since long, have you burnt large amounts more often? I can
> imagine there is a problem in the heat dispersion of the drive, which can
> cause damage to the optical or electronic circuits.
>
> Otherwise I cannot understand this. Programs don't change behaviour just
> like that. I suspect a hardware problem.
>
> Good luck!
> Paul
The first thing I thought of that could be wrong was overheating. I posted
the message on the list since although that looked like the problem, I was
not sure, and I wanted another opinion. Now, I am pretty sure it was heat
(you convinced me, Paul!). The weather is scorching here in Sydney, and even
with several fans going inside the computer, the window open, an external fan
blowing, and the air conditioning operating at full blast, the CD burner was,
well, burning (pardon the poor pun). I left the computer doing almost nothing
for a few hours (I left all my apps including X-CD-Roast open and I was
downloading a file) and then I tried burning again, this time with Gcombust,
using the same CDs I had problems with earlier. This time I had no problems.
By the time I had begun, it was night, so the weather was a little cooler.
This is the first time I have burnt many CDs in one go, so this experience is
new to me. My drive is only a few months old, and I hadn't really used it
much before this.
--
Sridhar Dhanapalan.
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