AOpen 121032A -> crap :(
AOpen 121032A -> crap :(
I´ve had problems with cd burning on my BP6 for some time. Always thought my W2K (> 2 years old) was wrecked, too many burn programs installed, background task etc...
Now I found it was my AOpen 121032 CDRW (in fact a Ricoh drive, IIRC). Had done no research on that drive before I bought it (2 years ago?) But newsgroups and forums seem to be filled with people complaining about "wrong media speed" messages and other errors with that drive. Symptoms on my system were these random "wrong media speed" errors at the beginning of the write process or "write errors" near the end of a CD (CDRWs always worked), the latter accompanied by a slowly rising whining noise, finally the drive spinning down -> coaster.
Would think the laser´s worn out, but there are so many other people having problems with that drive...
I exanged the AOpen with a LiteOn 321240 from another PC. Burns perfectly at 32x...
Now I found it was my AOpen 121032 CDRW (in fact a Ricoh drive, IIRC). Had done no research on that drive before I bought it (2 years ago?) But newsgroups and forums seem to be filled with people complaining about "wrong media speed" messages and other errors with that drive. Symptoms on my system were these random "wrong media speed" errors at the beginning of the write process or "write errors" near the end of a CD (CDRWs always worked), the latter accompanied by a slowly rising whining noise, finally the drive spinning down -> coaster.
Would think the laser´s worn out, but there are so many other people having problems with that drive...
I exanged the AOpen with a LiteOn 321240 from another PC. Burns perfectly at 32x...
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW
I bought the 32x some time ago.
I used the AOpen burner rather often. What can you expect from a 100 Euro unit (by the time I bought it). But I certainly prefer that to the investment for an expensive drive, like my first Yamaha 4x SCSI burner (about 700 Euros in... um... 1996/97?).
I used the AOpen burner rather often. What can you expect from a 100 Euro unit (by the time I bought it). But I certainly prefer that to the investment for an expensive drive, like my first Yamaha 4x SCSI burner (about 700 Euros in... um... 1996/97?).
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW
In fact I had to re-adjust the laser some years ago. Just via trial-and-error on a screw at the laser unit, but it worked...! I still have the Yamaha, but it´s not built in a PC right now. Might check it on my BP6... the only PC that still has a SCSI controller.
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW
What´s that, dual layer burning? 9GB on a blank DVD?
Haven´t bought a DVD burner yet, I know it would eat up even more of my time. But I´m tempted. Would go for the LG4040B if I had to choose now, because of DVD RAM capabilty.
Haven´t bought a DVD burner yet, I know it would eat up even more of my time. But I´m tempted. Would go for the LG4040B if I had to choose now, because of DVD RAM capabilty.
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW
The LG isn't a very good burner, and you won't use DVD-RAM as often as you like.
Dual Layer burning effectively doubles the capacity of the blank disc (the blank disc needs to be dual layer though). Pop in a large movie (like Lord of the Rings) in your DVD-ROM and look at the size of it, those are dual layer. You can also tell by the gold colour on the read surface.
Dual Layer burning effectively doubles the capacity of the blank disc (the blank disc needs to be dual layer though). Pop in a large movie (like Lord of the Rings) in your DVD-ROM and look at the size of it, those are dual layer. You can also tell by the gold colour on the read surface.
-Derek
Ump! Can´t wait to see Knoppix DVDs featuring KDE4, Office suites and full installs of UT2003Derek wrote:Wolfram wrote:Derek wrote:The killer will be when blue laser burners are released! 40gigs per one-sided disc!!
BP6, RU BIOS, XP SP3, ACPI, 2x366@523(1,95V), Pentalpha HS + 1x 12cm fan @5V, 768MB, Powercolor Geforce 3, RTL8139D NIC, Terratec EWS64L, Samsung M40 80GB (2,5''), LiteOn CDRW