Re: Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-03-19 Thread Torsten Römer
I have tried with at least two different media and had the exact same problem with both of them. And the ones I currently use, Sony, are in the official list of compatible media from NEC for my writer. I am using the newest firmware. So I guess even if I try with other media, it will fail at 4x

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-26 Thread Seth Kurtzberg
Bill Davidsen wrote: On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Seth Kurtzberg wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: Volker Kuhlmann wrote: If I burn with 2.4x instead of 4x, there seems to be no problem. I wonder what this could mean.

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-26 Thread Bill Davidsen
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Seth Kurtzberg wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > > > Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > >>> If I burn with 2.4x instead of 4x, there seems to be no problem. I > >>> wonder what this could mean. > >>> > >> > >> > >> It means that the drive isn't adapting properly to the media, but

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-26 Thread Seth Kurtzberg
Bill Davidsen wrote: Volker Kuhlmann wrote: If I burn with 2.4x instead of 4x, there seems to be no problem. I wonder what this could mean. It means that the drive isn't adapting properly to the media, but with 2.4x it falls within the tolerances the reading drive can handle. I found that a Pi

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-26 Thread Bill Davidsen
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: If I burn with 2.4x instead of 4x, there seems to be no problem. I wonder what this could mean. It means that the drive isn't adapting properly to the media, but with 2.4x it falls within the tolerances the reading drive can handle. I found that a Pioneer A106 never had

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-25 Thread Seth Kurtzberg
Torsten Römer wrote: Seth Kurtzberg schrieb: > I think that it is a safe bet that if you have visible damage on the > DVD, your hardware (drive) has problems. Nothing is 100% certain, but > that is close to 100% certain, especially as the same hardware used to > work. > > Seth > If I burn with 2.4

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> If I burn with 2.4x instead of 4x, there seems to be no problem. I > wonder what this could mean. It means that the drive isn't adapting properly to the media, but with 2.4x it falls within the tolerances the reading drive can handle. I found that a Pioneer A106 never had problems burning Verb

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-25 Thread Torsten Römer
Seth Kurtzberg schrieb: > I think that it is a safe bet that if you have visible damage on the > DVD, your hardware (drive) has problems. Nothing is 100% certain, but > that is close to 100% certain, especially as the same hardware used to > work. > > Seth > If I burn with 2.4x instead of 4x, ther

Re: Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-24 Thread Seth Kurtzberg
I think that it is a safe bet that if you have visible damage on the DVD, your hardware (drive) has problems. Nothing is 100% certain, but that is close to 100% certain, especially as the same hardware used to work. Seth Torsten Römer wrote: Hello, Usually, burning DVDs worked pretty fine for m

Burning DVD sometimes fails - sometimes works

2005-01-21 Thread Torsten Römer
Hello, Usually, burning DVDs worked pretty fine for me. But in the last time, it fails more and more frequently. I can already hear when it is going to fail: On the beginning of the burning process the drive speeds up, then slows down again and sounds a click. Then burning either fails with an