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    To A8Jm owners and others: optical driver problem

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by tallshorty, Jun 18, 2006.

  1. tallshorty

    tallshorty Notebook Evangelist

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    I tried burning a CDR today with Nero 7 and wasted 2 CDs because the burn wouldn't complete. I got an error saying "Connot perform endtrack". I was burning at the max the drive can apparently burn: 24x (but my CDRs are 52x). On another note, I'm dissappointed at how slow the optical driver is:

    CDRs: 24x
    DVD+R: 8x
    DVD+RW: 2.4x

    That's all I have tested so far.

    Anways, anyone else encounter that problem and is there a fix? I'm not sure if it is the CDRs or the drive but these CDs burned fine on my desktop computer.

    Thanks.

    UPDATE 1: same error at 16x. I'll continue to try lower speeds.
    UPDATE 2: I successfully burned the CD at 8x. I don't know why it won't burn at 24x or 16x. Anyone have a solution?
     
    tallshorty, Jun 18, 2006
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  2. SRD

    SRD Notebook Virtuoso

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    Use different media. Laptop drives are picky on the cdr and dvdrs your use. and what do you mean slow most laptop drives are that speed so what are you dissapointed about.
     
    SRD, Jun 18, 2006
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  3. tallshorty

    tallshorty Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't have any other CD media. But it seems to be a speed issue. The CD successfully burned at 8x (excruciatingly slow).

    Can anyone confirm if they are able to burn at 24x? You don't have to actually burn it, just run a simulation. Thanks.
     
    tallshorty, Jun 18, 2006
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  4. DarrenF

    DarrenF Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mine burns fine at 24x. I second the idea to try different media.
     
    DarrenF, Jun 18, 2006
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  5. tallshorty

    tallshorty Notebook Evangelist

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    ok, i'll will try and obtain a different media. But this just shows that the optical drive sucks since my LG drive on my desktop has no problem burning at 52x.
     
    tallshorty, Jun 18, 2006
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  6. SRD

    SRD Notebook Virtuoso

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    Laptops are just picky about media. This has been discussed many times in this forum. laptop drives are slower in general. But i mean its only like 6 minutes or somethin thats not really a long time. I recommend Taiyo-Yuden
     
    SRD, Jun 18, 2006
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  7. DarrenF

    DarrenF Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, that just shows how great LG desktop optical drives are.

    (I have an LG DVD drive that I use in my shop that will read the dirtiest, most scratched up disks that you've ever seen. I often have to use it in computers whose drives won't read my disks, or don't have dvd drives. It has been kicked around, dropped, and had coffee dumped on it for almost 4 years now, and still works fine.)

    Laptop optical drives have always been picky about media, or at least more so than desktop drives
     
    DarrenF, Jun 18, 2006
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  8. zydus

    zydus Notebook Evangelist

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    i burned HP 52X CD-Rs (pretty bad quality if u ask me) at 24x successfully, no problems
     
    zydus, Jun 18, 2006
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  9. Darrick

    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I ran the write test with Nero 7, it seemed fine, ran up to 26x.
     
    Darrick, Jun 18, 2006
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