On Friday 29 July 2005 08:26 am, Hendrik Boom wrote: >On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 08:16:06AM -0500, Daniel Ramaley wrote: >> I'm running testing on a PowerPC (a Mac Mini to be precise). I have >> an external CD drive that i am using to rip my CD collection (i'm >> using an external to avoid wear and tear on the more expensive >> internal drive). The problem is that after bootup i can rip CDs for >> a little while (where "a little while" ranges from 1/2 of a disc to >> 10 discs, usually towards the lower end of the range), but then >> errors start showing up in dmesg and on the console. The only way to >> resume ripping is to reboot the computer; detaching the CD drive, >> power cycling the CD, and reconnecting it to the computer doesn't >> fix the problem. If i reboot the computer and power cycle the CD >> drive, the problem is fixed and i can resume ripping right where i >> left off (which implies to me that the problem isn't with the discs >> i've been ripping). > >Could something be overheating? You could perhaps try putting the >external drive in the refrigerator for a few minutes, but not long > enough that condensation can become a problem. Then take it out and > see if it works any longer. It is an external disk, after all. > >Of course it could be another part overheating, such as the USB > interface inside the computer, which is harder to refrigerate. > >I had problems like this with a video card a while ago. It turned out >that one of the cooling fans was clogged with dust and not turning.
Thanks for the quick response. I'll look into cooling issues with the drive, though i suspect that isn't the problem. The external enclosure that the drive is in is very new. The cooling fan runs great and isn't clogged with dust yet. I can try running it with the lid off to see if that makes a difference. The drive itself is a few years old; it is a 36x that i pulled from a machine at work that we were sending to recycling. I was actually having the same problem on a different machine running the same software, using the same external drive. The other machine was a G3 iMac, which shouldn't have heating issues with the USB or Firewire interfaces since there is more room for air circulation. So i suspect that the problem is either with the external drive or with the software. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dan Ramaley Digital Media Library Specialist (515) 271-1934 Cowles Library 140, Drake University -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
