From: Vrondi (vrondi_at_nettaxi.com)
Date: Wed Jun 02 1999 - 07:19:48 EDT
Robert, take a deep breath.
From: "LightSide" <robertm_at_az.com>
> Hello,
>
> My CD-ROM drive on my TP 365XD will not read *ANY* home burned CD. Not from my burner, not from
> anyone's. Not even Indelible Blue's WarpUp! CD. Would this be a sign of a CD-ROM going bad? I know
> others who have TP's (different models tho...) and their TP's have no problems reading CD-ROMs.
Ok, the time I've had troubles with CD-ROM drives _not_ reading CD-
Rs, it has been because the CD Drive trying to do the reading either:
A: Has a dirty lens. The CD-Rs are apparently not as bight or
something as a regular CD, so get a lens cleaner. Can't hurt it
anyhow.
b: Is a slightly older Drive and is slower.
If the drive you are trying to read the disk on is slower than the
speed the CDR disk was recorded at, then sometimes the disk can't be
read. I've had big problems with CD-Rs recorded at 4x not playing on
2x CD-ROM drives. The solution I've found is to be sure and record
CDs you're going to use on your older drive at 1x speed.
So, don't panic _yet_. If you CD-ROM drive is reading normal
CDs fine, then it's probably not dieing.
//Chrys Amy Dean | Vrondi on EFNET IRC
"Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process
he does not become a monster; and when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you." - Friedrich Nietzsc
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