[RESOLVED] Yamaha CRW4416S errors

[blueox#24]

Hi i own a crw4416s cd rw and when it is formatting i aways get errors. So far ive screwed up 12 cds. It also won't read normal cd's. Please help!!!!

system
win 98se
amd 700mhz
64mb of ram

[clascomp]

Did it ever work right. If not, return it for a new drive, if its still under warranty.

[AcId_BuRn]

There are a few things that can account for this. First how fast your hard drive is. If you hard drive doesnt keep up with the buffer on the cdr it won't work right. Next you have a good amount of ram i find to actually keep things in order. Secondly check your jumpers and make sure you have it on slave or cable select and on the right cord setting.

[Darren Wilson]

I have a CRW8424S here with similar problems that it won't recognise any blank media regardless of burning software used. Waiting for Yamaha Tech Support to send me RMA advice but this has been going on for about 6 weeks now waiting!!! May have to give them another holler as it is pissing me off being without a burner BTW all other SCSI burners I have 'borrowed' work fine on the setup, just this one individual writer and the store won't take it back as it no longer exists!!!! Only had it since December 2000 as well!

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[StevePorter]

My HP 9100i CD Writer burned lots of coasters until I set the IDE controller to run in DMA mode (instead of PIO mode). Now, I hardly ever burn a coaster. Just an idea...

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[Sowulo]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by StevePorter:
My HP 9100i CD Writer burned lots of coasters until I set the IDE controller to run in DMA mode (instead of PIO mode). Now, I hardly ever burn a coaster. Just an idea...

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Steve, he has a SCSI drive....


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[AlienDyne]

If it's still under Warranty, I'd suggest you to RMA it ASAP!
I've seen similar problems with Yamaha CD-RWs and this was the only solution.

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[StevePorter]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by sowulo:

Steve, he has a SCSI drive....


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Oops, LOL...my brain checked out on that one. I'll be sure to open my eyes the next time I read one of these...

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