Re: Re: Re: Q: G3 DVDs work, I/O error with CD-ROMs... what's wrong?

If you are getting the errors on multiple CDs and they are working on
other burners, then I am leaning away from the media. Also the HP 8x
is a rock solid burner. I have one myself and never had any problems
with even cheapo media.

I am out of ideas here. Let me clarify something: if it is not an
Apple factory drive (I don't think they ever shipped HPs), then
checking Apple's site is a waste of time.

You are brining these in Gentoo? What program are you using? Is there
a Simulation Mode? Does that succeed? If Sim Mode succeeds,, this
usually indicates a media issue. Of course, that goes back to the
first paragraph, which I just proceeded to contradict.

Don't happen to have another machine you can burn using that HP drive with?

Sorry I was not more help.

Ben Ricker

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 19:51:59 -0500, Carl Hudkins <[email protected]> wrote:
> Flaffer wrote:
> 
> > I have found that there is a vast difference between media types. What
> > brand are you using for the CD-Rs? Was it the cheapetst you could
> > find? What brand of CD write are you using? I have a G4 Powerbook 17"
> 
>  No, they are not the cheapest thing on the shelf.  :)  My discs are a
> mixture of [looks around] Fujifilm, Memorex, and Verbatim.  I'll have to
> test and see whether I have more errors with a certain brand -- although I
> have to say that the two drives on my PC both read these fine.  They are
> 700MB discs, and not "over-burned".
> 
>  The CD-writer is an HP 8x SCSI drive (several years old but rock solid,
> though it is not working since the move to 2.6+PaX -- on my "To Do" list),
> and the discs read OK on it and the no-name CD-ROM drive that are in that
> box.
> 
> > and I had the hardest time using cheap brands. I have to use the "name
> > brand" ones like Memorex of Verbatim. Apple's site has a list of
> > tested brands for some ot their drives as well.
> 
>  Interesting -- I'll have to check that out!
> 
> > That error definitely points to issues with the media. When I get good
> > media, I never have problems playing CDs.
> 
>  If that's the case, I'll just have to live with it.  I can't afford to buy
> the gold-plated ones!  ;)
> 
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