>From: Volker Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >[root@neuro-sponge /root]# cdrecord -v -force dev=0,0,0 blank=all
>> >Cdrecord 1.10a10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
>> >TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
>> >scsidev: '0,0,0'
>> > Indicated writing power: 5
>> > Reference speed: 0
>> > Is not unrestricted
>> > Is erasable
>> > ATIP start of lead in: -11745 (97:25/30)
>> > ATIP start of lead out: 359100 (79:50/00)
>> > speed low: 0 speed high: 4
>> > power mult factor: 4 6
>> > recommended erase/write power: 5
>> > A2 values: 00 00 00
>> >Disk type: Phase change
>> >Manuf. index: 40
>> >Manufacturer: INFODISC Technology Co., Ltd.
>> >Blocks total: 359100 Blocks current: 359100 Blocks remaining: 359250
>> >cdrecord: Input/output error. blank unit: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
>> >CDB: A1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>> >status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
>> >Sense Bytes: 70 00 03 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 73 03 00 00
>> >Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0
>> >Sense Code: 0x73 Qual 0x03 (power calibration area error) Fru 0x0
>> >Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid)
>> >cmd finished after 13.341s timeout 9600s
>>
>> Try different speed= values.
>> If this does not help, through away the media.
>Hm, well I tried speed values 1,2,4 and even 0 whatever that may be :)
>and until now FOUR different brands of CD-RW media (each brand
>with 3+ different disks) and as i wrote those CD-RWs work just fine
>in my Sony CRX 140...
>Any tips besides
>a, install the drive in another computer and test it there
> (that is the next thing i will do as soon as time permits)
>b, return it cause it's broken which i will do after I went
> through step a,
Then you are lost. The only disadvantage of Plextor drives is that
they like less exotic brands than some other CD-RW drives.
Write to Plextor support and ask if/when they support INFODISK media.
did you read:
http://www.plextor.be/english/technical/cdrmedia.html
J�rg
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