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cd won't read
Name: halemac Date: February 27, 2003 at 08:52:56 Pacific OS: 9.2/10.1.5 CPU/Ram: 333/256
Comment:
I have a g3 333 imac w/a tray loading cd-rom drive. Neither data nor audio cds that I burn on any mac will read from the cd-rom drive - it invites me to initialize. Audio & software cds work fine, as do most cds burned on others' computers. Please help!
Name: the pickle Date: February 27, 2003 at 16:29:35 Pacific
Reply:
Just to clarify....
CDs you burn on other Macs don't work.
CDs burned on PCs work fine.
Right?
p
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Response Number 2
Name: halemac Date: February 28, 2003 at 09:22:51 Pacific
Reply:
I still need to test CDs burned on PCs. but I did find that CDs burned a long time ago, when we used the old 4x gold imation cds, read fine. So the next test is to find gold cds to do more tests.
thanks
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Response Number 3
Name: radioboy Date: February 28, 2003 at 10:11:55 Pacific
Reply:
It's really hard to say what's going on, but when I've had similar trouble , I burned at a slower speed and that fixed things. Trial & error method. For example, I've used (48X) CD R media because I can burn audio at 48X with my LaCie firewire drive, but the CD ROM drives in my iBook and iMac won't read them. I reduced burn speed (Using Toast, by the way) to 16X just to be safe, and that took care of it.
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Response Number 4
Name: the pickle Date: February 28, 2003 at 16:20:31 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like a media problem to me. Use quality, name-brand media, and you likely won't have such an issue.
p
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Response Number 5
Name: the pickle Date: February 28, 2003 at 16:26:48 Pacific
Reply:
Sounds like a media issue to me.
Burn at slower speeds - 8x max for best CD-R life - and use quality media (Kodak, Sony, Maxell, other major brands) and your problems will likely disappear.
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