On Saturday 13 Nov 2004 7:31 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > 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? >
Thanks, Mikkel and Greg for your replies. I have installed the latest firmware update, but it still does not work. There are the same error messages. So it looks as thought the writing laser has gone. I will have to get a new writer. Cheers Keith
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