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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: Mojowill on January 29, 2009, 12:11:09 AM
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my hp dvd/cd burner burns dvds fine but cant burn a cdr to save its worthless life. dosent matter if i use good discs (TY''s) or shitty wal mart tdks. if it even gets thru burning a disc completely it will not play in a reliable home audio player (high end sony dvd player) Most of the time it just gives me a error message saying the disc was dirty. wich i figure is bs cause the discs are spotless. i looked at newegg n liteon burners are dirt cheap, but how do i find out which kind of connector i need? is it written on the drive i pull out of my tower?
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This link shows a pic of IDE (TOP) and SATA(BOTTOM). Look at your drive and compare it to the pic.
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y38/muaz/sata-ide_lg.jpg)
Mako
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Have you tried burning at different speeds? At slower speeds (usually 12x or less) the burner should record in constant-linear-velocity mode instead of constant-angular-velocity. Since the CD was designed as a CLV medium in the first place, this might give you better results.
Of course, different burners can give different results. One of my systems has an NEC burner, and if I use anything other than TY, the disc won't play in my father's old (pre-recordable-CD-era) player, even though my car stereo has no problems with the disc. On the other hand, Memorex Lightscribe discs burnt by the new Lite-On drive in my recently-built server will play just fine in the old player.
Weirdly, I tried that Lite-On (a SATA drive) in my Shuttle cube, and it would reliably cause XP to bluescreen, while working fine under Linux. I put the NEC back into the Shuttle, and put the new drive into my Linux-only server box...
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thanks guys
i cant figure out how to get the burner to change speeds i'm using sonics record now plus
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Burners are really so inexpensive nowadays that you should just buy a new one and save the time you'd spend on a workaround and just be done with it.
There is such a huge mass production of these drives that they are not built as long lasting as before. Corners are cut, laser parts are not as stout becuase you can replace a unit after a few years for $30.
Check your unit with the great pics 69mako provided and hit up newegg.