On Sun, 28 Mar 2010, m0gely wrote: > Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:03:12 -0700 > From: m0gely <m0g...@gmail.com> > Reply-To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > <plug@lists.pdxlinux.org> > To: "General Linux/UNIX discussion and help; civil and on-topic" > <plug@lists.pdxlinux.org> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Installation Problems > > Richard C. Steffens wrote: > >> Does this sound like a bad CD drive? > > Or try burning the disc at a lower speed. I never burn above 32x, but I > have read with some DVD ISO's people say it's necessary to burn at much > lower speeds. Personally I don't have trouble at 32x, but I don't buy > generic media. > >> I don't recall having any trouble with it as a CD reader over the >> last couple of years. > > You never have trouble though until you do. Optical drives in general > aren't reliable. They're so cheaply made now. Plextor is the best bet > for quality as I rarely see those die. You're going to pay a lot more > though. I often see optical drives which read commercial media but not > burned discs. This is just the drive telling you it's on its way out. > IMO it's the laser that weakens when this happens. > > -- > m0gely
It's been 20 years since I cracked open a CD player. I learned a lot about cheap manufacturing when I did. The worm gear for the laser aligning mechanism was made of cheap nylon. As soon as the teeth wore (after a year of use), it could no longer track, and would skip endlessly. Whatever happened to the squirm gear? Carlos _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
