Re: HP CDwriter 7100 i problems

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Marc wrote:
> 
>     Some of the suggestions I've seen to repairthese drives are:
> 
> (a) open assembly and clean laser with denatured alcohol or Windex (a Q-tip
> works OK)
> (b) clean all old grease off the guide rails and replace with a small amouny of
> Lubrex or Teflon grease
> 
> These are cheap fixes to try. Beyond this, the drive will probably need to go to
> HP for repair. It is possible laser output is low.

> > Some of the error messages i get are:
> > Buffer inderrrun occrred  06/c5/00
> > sense code 0x64
> > command error.
> >

This won't help for a buffer underrun... Buffer underrun is strictly a
configuration/software problem (computer too slow, hardware conflicts,
OS to unefficient, ....)
What you might check, is that some(or all?) writers don't perform well
when using bus mastering drivers for the IDE, and that an important
bottleneck in IDE is using two devices on the same channel.

							Pieter Blomme
							ls470@dds.nl

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Date: 1999/04/15
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