From: LightSide (robertm_at_az.com)
Date: Thu Jun 03 1999 - 04:42:56 EDT
On Wed, 2 Jun 1999 07:19:48 -0400, Vrondi wrote:
>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.
True it can't hurt. I'll try that.
>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.
I don't know how old the CD-ROM drive is. However, it is a 4x CD-ROM and my burner is only a 2x write/ 4x
read. But I'll try one more at 1x. Ya never know.
Robert
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