cd writer

[mescalino]

ever since i tried overburn a couple of days ago that was unsuccesfull (there was to much data) i've been having a problem with my cd writer - it doesn't read cds properply starts out ok but after a while it can't continue with what it was doing (installation or movie). do you think it's wasted or is it something else?

[setarip]

It IS possible to do irreparable damage to a CD burner that isn't capable of overburning, by attempting to overburn...

[mescalino]

no it is capable of overburning (acer 24x10x40) i made a couple of cds before this that had 702 - 708 mb data. the one that went wrong was suppose to have a 728 mb

[setarip]

If it is capable of overburning and you merely received an error message that the file was too large to burn, that wouldn't have caused any damage.

I'd suggest you spend about $10US for a Maxell DVD/CD cleaning disk - and run it for two minutes on your drive. If you're fortunate, this will resolve your proble. If it doesn't, chances are your laser is out alignment - in which case itwill probably be less costly to buy a new drive, rather than repair this one...


(By the way, were the other files 702MB and 708MB, or 702,000Bytes and 708,000bytes - which are each less than 700MB?

[mescalino]

no they were mb 702,000kb
thanks for your tip, i'll try it
i didn't even know that there was such a thing as cleaning disk

[setarip]

"no they were mb 702,000kb"

As I was trying to express (apparently unsuccessfully), since there are 1,024 Kilobytes in a Megabyte, 702,000Kb equals only 685.5 Megabytes - and 708,000Kb equals only 691.4 Megabytes.

(702Mb=718,848Kb)


Therefore, I'm once again speculating that you've not previously successfully used overburn with your CD burner - besides, if you're using NERO (and probably most other burning software), a message would appear advising you that overburning is necessary...

[mescalino]

no it's my mistake i didn't wrote it well
i didn't understand you well the first time because you wrote 702,000bytes instead of kilobytes
anyway whenever i atempted overburn nero always asked me if i wanted to use overburn so it's not 702,000 but 718,848kb and more

[setarip]

Okay. Then let's hope the cleaning disk does the trick ;>}

[mescalino]

yeah
thanks for your time

[setarip]

"thanks for your time"

My pleasure ;>}