your best bet, toos it and get a new drive. a small IC on it is getting a thermal runaway condition (I had the same problem and it because too much of a bother to repir). Technomage hawke On Tuesday 10 August 2004 08:50 pm, Victor Odhner wrote: > I was wondering if anyone can decode the error messages below? > > History: I have a TEAC CD-RW a few years old that has > worked OK until this evening, under Linux. It stopped > working under Win98 over a year ago -- Windows blue-screens > any time you draw its attention to that drive. > > So tonight, it is failing under Xcdroast on Linux with the > messages shown below. My question is simple, for anyone who > knows what these diagnostics are talking about: does it look > like the CD drive has finally gone around the bend? Or does > it look more like I'm working with bad media? This shows one > attempt (of three) on new Memorex CD-RW disks, and one > attempt on a new TDK CD-R. > > Any pronouncements appreciated. At this point I'm supposing > that I'm in for a trip to the store, but I'm not eager to > spend more money. ... > > ... so, I'll also be happy to hear opinions on the best > *cheap* deal on a CD writer. (I'm sure someone's going to > tell me to buy a DVD. CDs really do meet my requirements, > so it would take a compelling price to move me to a DVD > burner.) > > Thanks, > > Vic > > ---------- > > Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "0,0,0" > fs=6144k -v -useinfo speed=1 -dao -eject -pad -data "/root/bbc-2.1.iso" > ... > > scsidev: '0,0,0' > scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24 > pregap1: -1 > Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM > Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' > atapi: 1 > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > Version : 0 > Response Format: 1 > Vendor_info : 'TEAC ' > Identifikation : 'CD-W54E ' > Revision : '1.1B' > Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO > Drive buf size : 1493520 = 1458 KB > FIFO size : 6291456 = 6144 KB > Track 01: data 47 MB padsize: 30 KB > Total size: 54 MB (05:25.74) = 24431 sectors > Lout start: 55 MB (05:27/56) = 24431 sectors > Current Secsize: 2048 > ATIP info from disk: > Indicated writing power: 5 > Reference speed: 2 > Is not unrestricted > Is erasable > ATIP start of lead in: -11615 (97:27/10) > ATIP start of lead out: 335925 (74:41/00) > speed low: 0 speed high: 4 > power mult factor: 4 5 > recommended erase/write power: 3 > A2 values: 00 00 00 > Disk type: Phase change > Manuf. index: 18 > Manufacturer: Plasmon Data systems Ltd. > Blocks total: 335925 Blocks current: 335925 Blocks remaining: 311494 > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 1 in write mode for single session. > 0 seconds. Operation starts. > Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... > input buffer ready. > Performing OPC... > Sending CUE sheet... > cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 > Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 > Starting new track at sector: 0 > cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error > CDB: 2A 00 00 00 01 B2 00 00 1F 00 > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > Sense Bytes: 70 00 05 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 2C 00 00 00 > Sense Key: 0x5 Illegal Request, Segment 0 > Sense Code: 0x2C Qual 0x00 (command sequence error) Fru 0x0 > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > cmd finished after 0.009s timeout 200s > > Sense Bytes: 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > write track data: error after 888832 bytes > Writing time: 105.358s > Fixating... > Fixating time: 0.000s > > ----- > > Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "0,0,0" > fs=6144k -v -useinfo speed=1 -dao -eject -pad -data "/root/bbc-2.1.iso" > ... > > scsidev: '0,0,0' > scsibus: 0 target: 0 lun: 0 > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.24 > pregap1: -1 > Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling > TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM > Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' > atapi: 1 > Device type : Removable CD-ROM > Version : 0 > Response Format: 1 > Vendor_info : 'TEAC ' > Identifikation : 'CD-W54E ' > Revision : '1.1B' > Device seems to be: Generic mmc CD-RW. > Using generic SCSI-3/mmc CD-R driver (mmc_cdr). > Driver flags : SWABAUDIO > Drive buf size : 1300480 = 1270 KB > FIFO size : 6291456 = 6144 KB > Track 01: data 47 MB padsize: 30 KB > Total size: 54 MB (05:25.74) = 24431 sectors > Lout start: 55 MB (05:27/56) = 24431 sectors > Current Secsize: 2048 > ATIP info from disk: > Indicated writing power: 5 > Is not unrestricted > Is not erasable > Disk sub type: Medium Type A, low Beta category (A-) (2) > ATIP start of lead in: -11634 (97:26/66) > ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74) > Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar) > Manuf. index: 3 > Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation > Blocks total: 359849 Blocks current: 359849 Blocks remaining: 335418 > Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 1 in write mode for single session. > 0 seconds. Operation starts. > Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... input buffer ready. > Performing OPC... > Sending CUE sheet... > cdrecord: WARNING: Drive returns wrong startsec (0) using -150 > Writing pregap for track 1 at -150 > Starting new track at sector: 0 > cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g1: scsi sendcmd: no error > CDB: 2A 00 00 00 01 D1 00 00 1F 00 > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > Sense Bytes: 70 00 02 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 04 01 00 00 > Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 > Sense Code: 0x04 Qual 0x01 (logical unit is in process of becoming > ready) Fru 0x0 > Sense flags: Blk 0 (not valid) > cmd finished after 0.000s timeout 200s > > Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 00 00 00 10 0A 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 00 00 > write track data: error after 952320 bytes > Writing time: 163.933s > Fixating... > cdrecord: Input/output error. flush cache: scsi sendcmd: no error > CDB: 35 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION) > Sense Bytes: F0 00 03 00 00 00 10 0A 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 > Sense Key: 0x3 Medium Error, Segment 0 > Sense Code: 0x02 Qual 0x00 (no seek complete) Fru 0x0 > Sense flags: Blk 16 (valid) > cmd finished after 7.520s timeout 200s > Trouble flushing the cache > Fixating time: 15.276s > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss