Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:57:38 -0500 From: Brandon Potter <gbpotter@mac.com> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [OT] percentage of bad blanks when burning CDs Message-ID: <200109250358.UAA14674@smtpout.mac.com> In-Reply-To: <15278.59932.232663.518856@guru.mired.org>
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On the memorex specifically, I've used a couple of dozen blanks so far with no failures. I'd guess you unluckily ran into a bad batch. I've used a couple of other spindles with no failures from TDK. I am using a 12X burner from QPS. Hope this helps, gbp (If my blank post actually got sent, sorry....) On Monday, September 24, 2001, at 03:09 AM, Mike Meyer wrote: > Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com> types: >> This is a little off topic ... >> I recently bought a 30 pack of Memorex write-once CD blanks. >> So far, I've burnt about ten of them, and I've had 2 blanks >> that were bad out of the box. The burner rejected them before >> I was able to do anything. >> Is this par for the course when buying packs of "discount" >> blanks? I'm just wondering if I want to spend $$ on Memorex >> again or if this is fairly typical. > > I'd say 20% was unacceptably high. I'm used to more like 1 disk out of > a pack of 50 failing, and I tend to buy whatever 50-pack is on sale at > one of the local computer supply stores. > > Two things may contribute to that. One is that I've got an older > burner, which doesn't burn faster than 4x. Even the cheap media is > certified at 8x or better, so that may help. The other is that I > always run a cloth over the blank to brush off any loose dust or > etc. before putting it in the drive. My coaster rate has gone down > dramatically since I started doing that. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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