[cdvdburn] Re: Lite-On SOHW-1693S DVDRW

  • From: Gary Locock <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: cdvdburn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 23:24:58 +0000 (GMT)

In article <4de3058712rhnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
   Rob Hemmings (News) <rhnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In message <4de1163158gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Gary Locock
>            <gary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Second, there seems to be a problem with recognising the discs. 
> > After burning the first disc successfully, I had several failures. 
> > The software would go through all the motions, counting down the %
> > indicator, and eventually the 'disc successfully written' banner
> > would come up.  The only difference from normal was that the drawer
> > was not ejected when the banner appeared, and when extracted the disc
> > was completely blank.  It appears that the hardware had also 'gone
> > through the motions', but hardware or software had forgotten to
> > switch on the laser!

> I don't know whether this will help but I experience a similar problem
> with exactly the symptoms described above on the first time I try to burn
> a new DVD.  However, if I then retry (without changing anything!) the
> second attempt always works fine.

OK, similar, but it isn't as predictable in my case.  Enough to show it isn't
just me, at any rate!

Gary

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