[ale] Strange behavior from CD writer

[Bao C. Ha]

The current cdrecord, 1.10, seems to have problems with 
certain CDRWs.  The new one, 1.11, is in beta and
supposed to fix some of the problems.  Many of those
are relating to OPC, which optimizes the laser output.

I have a Ricoh 7060S which worked great 4 months ago,
but not anymore.  The old Sony CDR920S is slow but keeps
working fine. :-(

Bao

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> hirsch at zapmedia.com
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:03 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Strange behavior from CD writer
> 
> 
> I'm getting some strangeness from my CDwriter and I'm looking for
> suggestions.  I'm beginning to think that the answer is "get a new
> writer", but I'm hoping for other ideas.
> 
> I was recently given a CDW/DVD-ROM drive.  I recompiled scsi into my
> 2.2.19 kernel, downloaded the latest xcdraost and cdrtools and
> installed them.  I then copied/burnt some data CDs and all was well.
> That was about a month ago.
> 
> In the last copule weeks I've had a need to burn CDs, but when I do
> nothing seems to happen.  I can actually "burn" them more than once,
> but the disks are not readable in any drive.  These are not cdrw
> disks, but cdrs.  Strangely enough, the first time I burn a disk you
> can barely see any change in the medium.  The second time, you can
> definitly see where the disk has been written.
> 
> It's like my laser is underpowered.(?)  Can this happen?  Any bright
> ideas of something to check for?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Michael
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