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Article #248Re: New cdrw-8438 problems
From: Paul
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:17
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 18:17
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Send the cdrw back to creative right now, there are loads of complaints with this drive, I have one for instance and it rarely burns anything. Get a plex, or anything other than a creative cdrw. I also have the problem with the blank cds. Got to the creative forums and read the archives if you don't belive me... "Peter van der Goes" <pvdg@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:9gg9m0$590$1@news.creativelabs.com... > What happens if you make an image on your hard drive, then burn the image to > CDR? > If that, too, fails, then I believe you should contact your vendor (if > within the return period), or Creative for a RMA. > > "Dick Veach" <lveach@nltc.net> wrote in message > news:9gg5ol$3b8$1@news.creativelabs.com... > > Hi, > > I'm having trouble with my new rewritable. > > > > What I have. > > 1. A new creative cdrw that says 8-4-32 on the front, ( that's also the > only > > one listed on Creative's site ) but in device manager it is a cdrw-8438 > > 2. nero software that came with the cdrw version 5.0.2.0 Creative > > 3. win 98 se > > 4. 1.3 athlon, month old computer with clean install. the computer works > > fine. > > 5. the creative is set up as secondary master by itself on the cable. the > > source cd is a affrey 50x set up as a slave on the primary with the > > harddrive. > > > > Things that have happened. > > 1. software installed fine > > 2. creative cd works as far as installing software and the usual basic cd > > uses > > 3. Nero always recogizes the cdrw > > 4. I tried the first time to burn at 8x, then 4x, then 2x, and finally 1x. > > and one of two things happens everytime. > > 5. when I try to copy a cd, one of two things happens, ( same thing > happens > > when I test and burn, or just simulate) I get one of the following error > > messages, and sometimes both trays pop out, sometimes one, sometimes none. > > 6. sometimes Nero stops at this error message, > > > > "Please insert an empty cd to us during simulation" > > > > if it stops here, I have put in ten or fifteen different blanks it can > never > > see it. > > > > 7. Three times it has got past that point, and when it does, I always get > > this message, > > > > "Simulation failed at 4x (600kbs)" > > > > > > 8. I don't know what else to do. > > > > I hope someone can help me, > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > lveach@nltc.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112df1,60adc3b35b74673 X-Google-Attributes: gid112df1,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-17 11:44:10 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!news-out.nibble.net!news-in.nibble.net!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!news.creativelabs.com!not-for-mail From: "Paul" <prdavies@btinternet.com> Newsgroups: creative.products.cd.removable_storage Subject: Re: New cdrw-8438 problems Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 19:17:05 +0100 Organization: Creative Labs, Inc. Lines: 80 Message-ID: <9ggor0$dat$1@news.creativelabs.com> References: <9gg5ol$3b8$1@news.creativelabs.com> <9gg9m0$590$1@news.creativelabs.com> Reply-To: "Paul" <prdavies@btinternet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.137.155.226 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400