> Two days ago, my Yamaha CD burner decided it wasn't going to burn! It will > play data CDs normally, but when I insert a CD and try to burn with it, I > get > a message that there is an input/output error. The tray then opens and I > get > a message to insert a blank CD. Push the tray back in and the same thing > happens again. > > It's the same whether I try to burn a new CD, a new CD-RW or a previously > recorded CD-RW. It won't erase a CD-RW either. > > For some time, before this happened a couple of days ago, it would only > record > a CD-RW at a maximum speed of 2x and a CD at a maximum of 6x. When it was > new > (two and a half years ago), I was getting 10-15x for a CD-RW and 20x for a > CD. All the blanks are still from the same batches as the original ones. > > I have tried to burn with K3b and XCDroast in Mandrake, PCLOS and > Libranet, > also Nero in W98SE. All are the same, "please insert a CD". I already have > done :( > > I don't want to go to the expense of buying a new drive, unless I know > that > the drive is faulty and the fault does not lie elsewhere. > >>From these symptoms, is it likely that the drive has gone "duff", or can > someone please suggest what else may suddenly be causing the drive to play > but not record? > > Many thanks > > Keith > > > Before giving up on the drive, see if there is a firmware update for it. If so, installing it may solve the problem. Try this even if the update it the same version as in already installed. It may be that the firmware in the drive got corrupted. It isn't susposed to happen, but it sometimes does. Static? Cosmic rays? Strange sortware? I don't know...
Mikkel
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