On Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:17:12 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:37:42PM +0000, Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 11:34:00 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: >> > Ouch!!, at least try different media first, some media are >> > problematic with some DVD/CD drives (according to some stuff I've >> > read) >> >> The above "weird, inconsistent, and intermittent" errors indicate some >> CDs do work and some doesn't. If all the tests are being done in the >> same way (same media, same writing speed, same burning tools...) >> there's a high chance for the unit going bad. > > I was referring to whether it was CD+R or CD-R media, although you can > get the odd crook one; especially in those bulk cheap stacks.
Discarding the media is as easy as using a different CD/DVD type/brand. > Also dodgy RAM will cause intermittent burning problems. And a bad power supply... but this, as well as memory related problems, would also lead in a general system instability or another "weirdities" which have not been mentioned yet. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jsuvpi$q1u$1...@dough.gmane.org