> > On Tue February 17 2004 8:52 am, TheViking wrote: > > > Ugh.. This really is beginning to annoy me. I've tried three > > > different distro's now (Lindows, RedHat & Mandrake) and im > > > back to Mandrake. Only problem is, whenever I try and access > > > my HP 8100+ CD-RW drive it crashes
Lanman Thanks for your reply TheViking's Problem is simular to my problem. I too thought that the HP 8100+ CD-RW may have been built by SAMSUNG for HP. It may even be the exact same thing as my SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B This is why I added the discription of my problem to his. I have tried RedHat & Mandrake > On February 18, 2004 11:37 am, Ray Hogaboom wrote: > > I am also having about the same problem with my SAMSUNG CD-R/RW > > SW-408B drive but I can never get its contents to display. It > > lock up my system when I put a data cd in or if I try burning a > > cd. >On Wed February 18 2004 9:48 pm, Lanman wrote: > Just a suggestion here, but it wouldn't surprise me in the least > to find out that the HP8100+ is actually manufactured by Samsung. > I can't remember specifics, but I've had quite a few of those HP > drives, and they've been nothing but trouble, especially in > Linux, but also in Windows. Of course we all know that HP doesn't > build their own drives don't we? Like a lot of companies, they > just rebrand them, and slap a new front-end on their software. > > Their buffers are crap, and they tend to fail quite often. IIRC, > the trouble is the firmware on the drives, but it's very tricky > to upgrade without info from the manufacturer, and they don't > like to give out that info. You do have a very good point there as I have found that I can not down load drivers or get any other info from Samsung for this drive. I had my hopes up when I read that Samsung was going to support Linux. But Windows XP does have drivers that work. I have no problems with this burner when running Windows 98 or XP. > > You said it yourself Ray - 3 distro's of Linux, and the same > problem with each. Odds are that it's not a driver module or flaw > in Linux, but a problem with the drive. No not a flaw with Linux or Linux driver module, just need the right driver module or setting so that Linux knows how to make the SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-408B work. Other models of SAMSUNG CD-R/RW do work with Linux. No problems with the drive either as it does work flawless with Windows 98 & XP. > That would easily explain > why you're not getting many responses to your post. Other people > aren't having that problem, so they don't know how to help. > > I suggest a Pioneer, or Plextor drive as a long-term replacement. > That 8100+ is about 2 or 3 years old, isn't it? Depending on how > much you use the drive, it may be time for an upgrade anyway. This drive has not been used very much at all. > > Try borrowing another brand of drive from someone else and try > that one out. As long as Mandrake detects the new drive, it's > probably a sure thing that the problem goes away. It may not be > the fix you had in mind but it should be a permanent fix. When I had Red Hat installed, I installed an older scsi card with a Phillips 2600 burner and a cyberdrive 120S CDROM. There was problems with these.. I then installed a cdrom out of an old Packard Bell I have this did not work. When booting to Windows 98 or XP they all worked. I now have another cdrom in the computer that does work with Mandrake > > Before you run out to the store to buy a new one though, replace > the IDE cable, and see if the drive is set as a Master or Slave. > Whichever it is, reverse it. If there's a CDROM drive in the > same PC, and on the same cable, reverse it's master/Slave > settings at the same time. I have tried the above > > Also, drop the DMA in the BIOS to 0 or off, The only setting in my BIOS that has any thing to do with DMA is under Onboard Parallel Port is set to ECP+EPP and under that is ECP Mode Use DMA is set to 3 the only other option is 1 > and make sure that > the IDE cable is attached to your Secondary IDE interface with an > ATA33 cable, and not an ATA100 cable, or to the Primary IDE > interface.. I am not sure how to tell between a ATA33 and ATA100. But I have 3 old computers 2 486 75Mhz and a Pentium 100Mhz that I could pull cables out. > > Stick with the basics first, then try it out. Since the drive is > screwing up whenever you attempt to access it though, I wouldn't > hold out for that as a fix. > > Lanman Again thanks for your help -- Ray Hogaboom
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