David Farrier wrote: > Please help debug a communication problem with my TEAC DV-W5000U CD/DVD > burner. It read and wrote reliably with my 686 PC. I retired that machine, > and recently tried to move the burner to one of my 64-bit computers. It > reads reliably, but when writing, fails after transferring approximately 150 > Mb. Writing disk images smaller than that usually works. > > Have tried various burning software, however will use cdrskin as an example, > as I think its error messages more useful. At the point cdrskin prematurely > quits burning, it complains about the host adapter. So, I looked in syslog, > and about the time cdrskin fails, syslog reports the controller xhci_hcd > reset the USB device. >
My nearly baseless suspicion: the drive needs more power than it is getting from this USB port. Suggestions to verify/eliminate this: move it to a different USB port (not nearby); put it on a USB hub that get power via an AC adapter. -dsr-