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CDR writing failure
Dear Group,
I faced a strange problem when writing CD-Rs. The config: IBM Thinkpad R40e, 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, TEAC DW-224E writer, OEM XP home SP1. A brand new machine, bought just a month ago. After having written about 30 CDs with no problems, from a certain moment on, writing failed unreproducibly at about every second CD. When writing audio CDs with Feurio, it reports "DEVICEIOCONTROL-ERROR" which I don't understand. Once I noticed a "Read error when filling buffer" message as well. Then, Windows tries to save system data but unable to do it, everything slows down and finally I have to reboot and discard the CD-R. I tried IBM RecordNow (a pre-installed simple burning software), it produces an error message without a clear explanation or message. Nero (v. 5.9.9.0.) reports "Could not perform fixation" and "Invalid field in parameter" in a loop, finally "Could not perform EndTrack" (?) when writing a data CD. I do not run any paralel software, I did not install anything bad before the error occurred, there is no net connection when burning. I also checked, there are no hardware IRQ problems. I made an extensive search on newsgroups and web forums, observed people reporting similar problems, but I couldn't find a clear answer (that is, "A" reports the problem "B" proposes a solution "A" tries and reports success). Instead, many ideas arose, from those I tried some and comment on others: - "It is the error of CDR, try different brands" - it happens at several different CDR brands - "disable "drag&drop" CD writing" - it is disabled - "try firmware update" - the writer is OEM, the system is pre-installed, it should work as it is - "try installing new ASPI driver" - the writer is OEM, the system is pre- installed, it should work as it is, also Feurio do not propose it Sorry this was so long but I am desperate without any understanding or idea. Any help is appreciated. dmerk |
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"dmerk" wrote in message om... Dear Group, I faced a strange problem when writing CD-Rs. The config: IBM Thinkpad R40e, 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, TEAC DW-224E writer, OEM XP home SP1. A brand new machine, bought just a month ago. After having written about 30 CDs with no problems, from a certain moment on, writing failed unreproducibly at about every second CD. When writing audio CDs with Feurio, it reports "DEVICEIOCONTROL-ERROR" which I don't understand. Once I noticed a "Read error when filling buffer" message as well. Then, Windows tries to save system data but unable to do it, everything slows down and finally I have to reboot and discard the CD-R. I tried IBM RecordNow (a pre-installed simple burning software), it produces an error message without a clear explanation or message. Nero (v. 5.9.9.0.) reports "Could not perform fixation" and "Invalid field in parameter" in a loop, finally "Could not perform EndTrack" (?) when writing a data CD. I do not run any paralel software, I did not install anything bad before the error occurred, there is no net connection when burning. I also checked, there are no hardware IRQ problems. I made an extensive search on newsgroups and web forums, observed people reporting similar problems, but I couldn't find a clear answer (that is, "A" reports the problem "B" proposes a solution "A" tries and reports success). Instead, many ideas arose, from those I tried some and comment on others: - "It is the error of CDR, try different brands" - it happens at several different CDR brands - "disable "drag&drop" CD writing" - it is disabled - "try firmware update" - the writer is OEM, the system is pre-installed, it should work as it is - "try installing new ASPI driver" - the writer is OEM, the system is pre- installed, it should work as it is, also Feurio do not propose it Sorry this was so long but I am desperate without any understanding or idea. Any help is appreciated. Don't worry about it your's is a common and normal experience, just keep buying lots and lots of CDs and keep some industry big wigs swanning around in their Rolls-Royces. Alternatively as it is a brand new machine you can take it back to the shop and demamd they fix it or give you your money back as you would do with any faulty goods. (Their chances of fixing it are zero). If you bought a car and its wheels kept falling off what would you do? dmerk |
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"half_pint" wrote in message ...
Hello, Thanks. Don't worry about it your's is a common and normal experience, just keep buying lots and lots of CDs and keep some industry big wigs swanning around in their Rolls-Royces. I don't think it's common or normal. Alternatively as it is a brand new machine you can take it back to the shop and demamd they fix it or give you your money back as you Of course it is a feasible option but I want to make sure if it is a hardware error. My suspect was some driver/configuration collision or incompatibility but I have no means nor idea how to check it. would do with any faulty goods. (Their chances of fixing it are zero). ????? dmerk |
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It is possible that one of Microsoft's interminable security updates has
screwed things up, for example when I updated my laptop to Windows XP SP2, I lost the ability to write to DVDs (though CDs could still be written). If you know when you were last able to write properly, roll back the system to a time before that date and see if that fixes things. -- Graham Mayor dmerk wrote: Dear Group, I faced a strange problem when writing CD-Rs. The config: IBM Thinkpad R40e, 2.4 GHz, 512 MB RAM, TEAC DW-224E writer, OEM XP home SP1. A brand new machine, bought just a month ago. After having written about 30 CDs with no problems, from a certain moment on, writing failed unreproducibly at about every second CD. When writing audio CDs with Feurio, it reports "DEVICEIOCONTROL-ERROR" which I don't understand. Once I noticed a "Read error when filling buffer" message as well. Then, Windows tries to save system data but unable to do it, everything slows down and finally I have to reboot and discard the CD-R. I tried IBM RecordNow (a pre-installed simple burning software), it produces an error message without a clear explanation or message. Nero (v. 5.9.9.0.) reports "Could not perform fixation" and "Invalid field in parameter" in a loop, finally "Could not perform EndTrack" (?) when writing a data CD. I do not run any paralel software, I did not install anything bad before the error occurred, there is no net connection when burning. I also checked, there are no hardware IRQ problems. I made an extensive search on newsgroups and web forums, observed people reporting similar problems, but I couldn't find a clear answer (that is, "A" reports the problem "B" proposes a solution "A" tries and reports success). Instead, many ideas arose, from those I tried some and comment on others: - "It is the error of CDR, try different brands" - it happens at several different CDR brands - "disable "drag&drop" CD writing" - it is disabled - "try firmware update" - the writer is OEM, the system is pre-installed, it should work as it is - "try installing new ASPI driver" - the writer is OEM, the system is pre- installed, it should work as it is, also Feurio do not propose it Sorry this was so long but I am desperate without any understanding or idea. Any help is appreciated. dmerk |
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"dmerk" wrote in message m... "half_pint" wrote in message ... Hello, Thanks. Don't worry about it your's is a common and normal experience, just keep buying lots and lots of CDs and keep some industry big wigs swanning around in their Rolls-Royces. I don't think it's common or normal. Alternatively as it is a brand new machine you can take it back to the shop and demamd they fix it or give you your money back as you Of course it is a feasible option but I want to make sure if it is a hardware error. My suspect was some driver/configuration collision or incompatibility but I have no means nor idea how to check it. Take it back to the shop and tell them it doesn't work, which it clearly does not, if they can prove it works (lol) then there is no problem. They sold you the ****e so the can ****ing fix it. Would you not return any other similar faulty goods eg TV, stereo, washing machine? Why make an exception just because is is a computer? The all come under the same sales laws and should be 'fix for purpose' which your computer is not as it cannot record cds which is one of the purposes you bought it for. would do with any faulty goods. (Their chances of fixing it are zero). ????? dmerk |
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"almost_invisible" wrote in message ... "dmerk" wrote in message m... "half_pint" wrote in message ... Hello, Thanks. Don't worry about it your's is a common and normal experience, just keep buying lots and lots of CDs and keep some industry big wigs swanning around in their Rolls-Royces. I don't think it's common or normal. Alternatively as it is a brand new machine you can take it back to the shop and demamd they fix it or give you your money back as you Of course it is a feasible option but I want to make sure if it is a hardware error. My suspect was some driver/configuration collision or incompatibility but I have no means nor idea how to check it. Take it back to the shop and tell them it doesn't work, which it clearly does not, if they can prove it works (lol) then there is no problem. They sold you the ****e so the can ****ing fix it. Would you not return any other similar faulty goods eg TV, stereo, washing machine? Why make an exception just because is is a computer? The all come under the same sales laws and should be 'fix for purpose' which your computer is not as it cannot record cds which is one of the purposes you bought it for. would do with any faulty goods. (Their chances of fixing it are zero). ????? dmerk Trouble is that some shops have found a very cute way of dealing with PC hardware problems. They tell you that if the problem turns out to be a software fault (ie your fault) then you will have to pay big for their engineer to have looked at it. You will have to take their word that the fault was a software one and a horrible feeling in your bones tells you that the engineer will be certain to find that the fault is your software. Evi |
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"Evi" wrote in message ... "almost_invisible" wrote in message ... "dmerk" wrote in message m... "half_pint" wrote in message ... Hello, Thanks. Don't worry about it your's is a common and normal experience, just keep buying lots and lots of CDs and keep some industry big wigs swanning around in their Rolls-Royces. I don't think it's common or normal. Alternatively as it is a brand new machine you can take it back to the shop and demamd they fix it or give you your money back as you Of course it is a feasible option but I want to make sure if it is a hardware error. My suspect was some driver/configuration collision or incompatibility but I have no means nor idea how to check it. Take it back to the shop and tell them it doesn't work, which it clearly does not, if they can prove it works (lol) then there is no problem. They sold you the ****e so the can ****ing fix it. Would you not return any other similar faulty goods eg TV, stereo, washing machine? Why make an exception just because is is a computer? The all come under the same sales laws and should be 'fix for purpose' which your computer is not as it cannot record cds which is one of the purposes you bought it for. would do with any faulty goods. (Their chances of fixing it are zero). ????? dmerk Trouble is that some shops have found a very cute way of dealing with PC hardware problems. They tell you that if the problem turns out to be a software fault (ie your fault) then you will have to pay big for their engineer to have looked at it. You will have to take their word that the fault was a software one and a horrible feeling in your bones tells you that the engineer will be certain to find that the fault is your software. Evi No what they will have to do is format and use one of the cds on one of the machines in their store, if they can do that then fair enough, however there chances are about 10-1 from my experience. I expect them to format 3-4 in a row before I will be satisfied. If the disks are faulty I will expect them to clear the faulty stock from display too. |
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"half_pint" wrote in message ... "Evi" wrote in message ... "almost_invisible" wrote in message ... "dmerk" wrote in message m... "half_pint" wrote in message ... Hello, Thanks. Don't worry about it your's is a common and normal experience, just keep buying lots and lots of CDs and keep some industry big wigs swanning around in their Rolls-Royces. I don't think it's common or normal. Alternatively as it is a brand new machine you can take it back to the shop and demamd they fix it or give you your money back as you Of course it is a feasible option but I want to make sure if it is a hardware error. My suspect was some driver/configuration collision or incompatibility but I have no means nor idea how to check it. Take it back to the shop and tell them it doesn't work, which it clearly does not, if they can prove it works (lol) then there is no problem. They sold you the ****e so the can ****ing fix it. Would you not return any other similar faulty goods eg TV, stereo, washing machine? Why make an exception just because is is a computer? The all come under the same sales laws and should be 'fix for purpose' which your computer is not as it cannot record cds which is one of the purposes you bought it for. would do with any faulty goods. (Their chances of fixing it are zero). ????? dmerk Trouble is that some shops have found a very cute way of dealing with PC hardware problems. They tell you that if the problem turns out to be a software fault (ie your fault) then you will have to pay big for their engineer to have looked at it. You will have to take their word that the fault was a software one and a horrible feeling in your bones tells you that the engineer will be certain to find that the fault is your software. Evi No what they will have to do is format and use one of the cds on one of the machines in their store, if they can do that then fair enough, however there chances are about 10-1 from my experience. I expect them to format 3-4 in a row before I will be satisfied. If the disks are faulty I will expect them to clear the faulty stock from display too. Also one disk did actually format!!! So how will they explain that? (Thats one disk in about 10). Awhat if I buy some 'proper' disks format one of them, try to format a PCline disk (and fail) and then format a 'proper' disk again? Going to be hard to argue against that isn't it? |
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