Do you still have the Apple CD extension loaded? Jim Snyder
----- Original Message ----- From: "NHJ News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I bought one of teddybut's garage sale items, a Sony cd-r cdu948s. When I > hooked it up, I can get it to read cd's but it won't write. > It gives me the following message: > > SENSE KEY = MEDIUM ERROR > SENSE CODE = OxCA > POWER CALIBRATION ERROR > > then it cancels the session. I tried it in simulated mode and it goes > through the whole process with no problems. > > It also will tell me sometimes after the scsi bus is searched, > "Unknown driver is installed for the cd-recorder at scsi bus.... > If you run into problems, please remember to disable the driver next time." > ????? disable the driver? extension? does it mean cdrom toolkit????? > When I start it with extensions off, it won't give me this message, but it > still does the same thing as described above when I try to write. > > I've updated my cd rom toolkit with a new personality file, started with > extensions off/on, unhooked all other scsi devices, tried an older version > of toast, tried toast 4.1.2, played with the terminator (on/off), changed > scsi id, tried a cdrw (which it wouldn't recognize at all). > The only thing I know to do now is to try it on a powermac 7500 that we have > here, try it at home on a windows machine, and/or drive to a big town to buy > a different brand of CDR. > I've searched the Internet for answers, but most web pages that reference > the error codes I received are in Japanese or German or Dutch. It's all > Greek to me. Sony's site is useless, and I told them so in an "interactive" > support chat session. > Has anyone else encountered any of these error messages? > teddy said he never had any problems with it, and recommended to blow it out > with canned air, I tried that, but it didn't help. > Anybody have any ideas? -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
