> Can't find my original thread re: this problem, but this is close. > > I was having all sorts of errors trying to burn 8x media @ 8x. The burn would > be physically bad, with blank bands, scorches, etc. Below that, they were > fine, and 16x media worked @ 16x. I thought I'd tried everything, different > media, burners, boxes, even distros. > > I noticed my BIOS would complain at boot that the IDE cable for the burner > was > only 40-wire. Since I had almost none of this trouble on the windows side > (except 16x media @ 16x speed), I disregarded it. > > But lo and behold, when I switched to an 80-wire cable, all the problems seem > to have vanished. I'm 3 for 3 in error-free burns at intended speeds thus > far.
OK, good. IIRC the post you're replying to was mine, and later I answered that I had solved the problem by upgrading to the latest dvd+rw-tools and k3b. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
