> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PCI] burner troubles > > At 01:05 PM +1000 10/22/2004, David Elmo wrote: >> Have an old Sony SCSI external burner, Toast 3.5.7. It has been mainly >> reliable over the years. Lately, coinciding with new media and maybe some >> other thing or things I am not sure of, I have made only coasters > > Are you getting any error message at all from Toast? Is it hanging > or behaving abnormally at all? > > Have you tried cleaning the burner? > >> I am thinking, maybe these blanks have some formatting on (mainly for PCs?) >> which my set up is uncomfortable with and as time goes on, this formatting >> is changing a bit to be compatible with modern computers and burners? > > Doubtful. Just look at the virgin disc in the light. You'll see > that nothing has been burned. > > - Dan.
Cleaning the burner! Cleaning it? Never thought of this... How would I do this? OK I will look into this. Thanks. This burner is a Sony CDU926S. It is a blazingly fast max 2x. Pretty old I guess but as with most burners hardly gets any use. But I like the idea of cleaning it. If it does not behave soon, I will clean it up real good and "not gentle like before"! (Gene Hackman talking to Morgan Freeman after a whipping to try to get him to reveal the whereabouts of Clint Eastwood and The Scholfield Kid in Unforgiven) Error messages? Good question, yes a few: First, to recap, there seems to be smooth sailing in laying down the files, (all is normal for 20 sec or 30 minutes depending on whether I am burning little or big). But when it is doing what it describes as "finishing" that's when the dreaded messages appear. I have had this phenomena with some media in the past, solved by changing media (but been thrown by it happening with different media, esp TDK which looked exactly the same as previous successful batch). The drive reported an error Sense Key = MEDIUM ERROR Sense Code = DX 02 No Seek Complete then also Lead-in or Lead-out failed to be written David Elmo PS. For my work, I sometimes have to supply CDs and I have been transferring files via zip disk to my daughter's ex PC which has a terrific fast burner in it. The drag is to do things in 100 MB chunks till all is assembled on the PC and the real big problem, absurdly slow transfer times from the zip to PC hard drive (the zip drive on that PC is a 250 MB and well, the 100 MB discs simply are absurdly slow... anyway ...) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
