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Old 06-04-2003, 09:16 AM   #1
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Angry Bad Cd Rw?

Hi!

My CD burner has been recently giving me bad cd copies.

i.e, Unreadable discs, Bad burns, Bad Music CD's.

is there any software program thats test's my CD burner to see if its running properly.

My CD burner is a BenQ 52/24/52 Cd RW.

Any help is welcomed.
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Old 06-04-2003, 09:57 AM   #2
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Are you using Nero Burning software? When it burns onto disc if their is any problems it will let you know.
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Old 06-04-2003, 10:07 AM   #3
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How old is your burner?
Does it have trouble reading CD's aswell?
What burning software?
How old is the comp you are using it on?
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Old 06-04-2003, 05:47 PM   #4
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How old is your burner?
Does it have trouble reading CD's aswell?
What burning software?
How old is the comp you are using it on?
Well its only about 4 months old.

It can read cd's fine.

Im Using Nero, Discjuggler, Fantom CD.

The comp is only about 9 months old.

its an AMD XP 1800+
Win XP Pro.

SB Audigy

GF Ti 4600

1gb memory

16x DVD rom

40 GB HD
80 GB HD
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Old 06-04-2003, 05:59 PM   #5
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RMA the drive back to BENQ.
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Old 06-06-2003, 12:10 AM   #6
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Dang.

Cycle Redundency Errors...I guess its the CD RW thats popping out bad cd's......
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