CD-RW Trouble

I have a burner"combo cd-rom cdrw" that works fine for the CDROM part.Plays
music cd's,data opens fine ect.But when i try to burn a cd it won't burn
them.sometimes it will do a complete burn but the audio won't play.on a
different cdplayer or this one i have either..sometimes there are error
messages and the cdrom ejects the cd.i have tried slowing down the burn
speed,tried usind different software to burn also..Nero,easy cd creator,and
windows media player.nothing works.i mainly just want to burn music,not
data.it is a GCE 8502B Unit.can anyone help?.btw my operating system is XP
HOME..oh.and i tried uninstalling the burner in device
manager,rebooting,tried different drivers also.nothing works..please
help.tyty

You may want to cover more of your complete setup. How are your drives set
up, is the burner set as master or slave, etc.

How fast is your computer, how much memory, basically anything with the
system that might effect your burning. MP3 files, and are they converted or
what? Have you updated any firmware on your burner?

Clark

Check to see if there is a firmware update. Firmware updates for CDRW drives
are pretty common and very simple to run.

>I have a burner"combo cd-rom cdrw" that works fine for the CDROM part.Plays
>music cd's,data opens fine ect.But when i try to burn a cd it won't burn
>them.sometimes it will do a complete burn but the audio won't play.on a
>different cdplayer or this one i have either..sometimes there are error
messages and the cdrom ejects the cd.i have tried slowing down the burn
>speed,tried usind different software to burn also..Nero,easy cd creator,and
>windows media player.nothing works.i mainly just want to burn music,not
>data.it is a GCE 8502B Unit.

"YanquiDawg" <yanquidawg@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040920173736.01302.00000998@mb-m04.aol.com...
> Check to see if there is a firmware update. Firmware updates for CDRW
> drives
> are pretty common and very simple to run.
>
>>I have a burner"combo cd-rom cdrw" that works fine for the CDROM
>>part.Plays
>>music cd's,data opens fine ect.But when i try to burn a cd it won't burn
>>them.sometimes it will do a complete burn but the audio won't play.on a
>>different cdplayer or this one i have either..sometimes there are error
> messages and the cdrom ejects the cd.i have tried slowing down the burn
>>speed,tried usind different software to burn also..Nero,easy cd
>>creator,and
>>windows media player.nothing works.i mainly just want to burn music,not
>>data.it is a GCE 8502B Unit.
>
>I updated the firmware and it's still not working.The pc has plenty of
>ram..It is a configured as a master not a slave.there is onl;y1
>cdrom/cdrw..it worked for 2 years so it's not something that happened on a
>new install..i am about to give up.any other ideas out there?.thanks RH

Honestly, using a "cheap" CD-RW unit, or cheap CD blanks, is the likely
cause of your problems. Price makes a difference in the quality of the
object.

--
DaveW



"RH710" <rhall710@mail.com> wrote in message
news:3cx3d.4371$4j1.3879@trndny06...
>I have a burner"combo cd-rom cdrw" that works fine for the CDROM part.Plays
> music cd's,data opens fine ect.But when i try to burn a cd it won't burn
> them.sometimes it will do a complete burn but the audio won't play.on a
> different cdplayer or this one i have either..sometimes there are error
> messages and the cdrom ejects the cd.i have tried slowing down the burn
> speed,tried usind different software to burn also..Nero,easy cd
> creator,and
> windows media player.nothing works.i mainly just want to burn music,not
> data.it is a GCE 8502B Unit.can anyone help?.btw my operating system is XP
> HOME..oh.and i tried uninstalling the burner in device
> manager,rebooting,tried different drivers also.nothing works..please
> help.tyty
>

"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
news:eoJ3d.19628$wV.13169@attbi_s54...
> Honestly, using a "cheap" CD-RW unit, or cheap CD blanks, is the likely
> cause of your problems. Price makes a difference in the quality of the
> object.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>
>
> "RH710" <rhall710@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:3cx3d.4371$4j1.3879@trndny06...
>>I have a burner"combo cd-rom cdrw" that works fine for the CDROM
>>part.Plays
>> music cd's,data opens fine ect.But when i try to burn a cd it won't burn
>> them.sometimes it will do a complete burn but the audio won't play.on a
>> different cdplayer or this one i have either..sometimes there are error
>> messages and the cdrom ejects the cd.i have tried slowing down the burn
>> speed,tried usind different software to burn also..Nero,easy cd
>> creator,and
>> windows media player.nothing works.i mainly just want to burn music,not
>> data.it is a GCE 8502B Unit.can anyone help?.btw my operating system is
>> XP
>> HOME..oh.and i tried uninstalling the burner in device
>> manager,rebooting,tried different drivers also.nothing works..please
>> help.tyty
>>
>
>Don't use cheap cdr's..and yes your right.it does make a difference

"DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
news:eoJ3d.19628$wV.13169@attbi_s54...
> Honestly, using a "cheap" CD-RW unit, or cheap CD blanks, is the likely
> cause of your problems. Price makes a difference in the quality of the
> object.
>
> --
> DaveW
>
>
>
> "RH710" <rhall710@mail.com> wrote in message
> news:3cx3d.4371$4j1.3879@trndny06...
>>I have a burner"combo cd-rom cdrw" that works fine for the CDROM
>>part.Plays
>> music cd's,data opens fine ect.But when i try to burn a cd it won't burn
>> them.sometimes it will do a complete burn but the audio won't play.on a
>> different cdplayer or this one i have either..sometimes there are error
>> messages and the cdrom ejects the cd.i have tried slowing down the burn
>> speed,tried usind different software to burn also..Nero,easy cd
>> creator,and
>> windows media player.nothing works.i mainly just want to burn music,not
>> data.it is a GCE 8502B Unit.can anyone help?.btw my operating system is
>> XP
>> HOME..oh.and i tried uninstalling the burner in device
>> manager,rebooting,tried different drivers also.nothing works..please
>> help.tyty
>>
>
>Oh and the unit isn't cheap either lol

Well, if it just stopped working it might be the laser has gone bad. Have
you tried to clean it? Can you swap it to another computer?

Good Luck
Clark

"RH710" <rhall710@mail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "DaveW" <none@zero.org> wrote in message
> news:eoJ3d.19628$wV.13169@attbi_s54...
>> Honestly, using a "cheap" CD-RW unit, or cheap CD blanks, is the likely
>> cause of your problems. Price makes a difference in the quality of the
>> object.
>>
>> --
>> DaveW
>>
>>
>>
>> "RH710" <rhall710@mail.com> wrote in message
>> news:3cx3d.4371$4j1.3879@trndny06...
>>>I have a burner"combo cd-rom cdrw" that works fine for the CDROM
>>>part.Plays
>>> music cd's,data opens fine ect.But when i try to burn a cd it won't burn
>>> them.sometimes it will do a complete burn but the audio won't play.on a
>>> different cdplayer or this one i have either..sometimes there are error
>>> messages and the cdrom ejects the cd.i have tried slowing down the burn
>>> speed,tried usind different software to burn also..Nero,easy cd
>>> creator,and
>>> windows media player.nothing works.i mainly just want to burn music,not
>>> data.it is a GCE 8502B Unit.can anyone help?.btw my operating system is
>>> XP
>>> HOME..oh.and i tried uninstalling the burner in device
>>> manager,rebooting,tried different drivers also.nothing works..please
>>> help.tyty
>>>
>>
>>Oh and the unit isn't cheap either lol
>
>