From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 24 21: 1: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [204.179.120.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05B6B37B406 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 21:00:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: by smtpout.mac.com; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:58:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200109250358.UAA14674@smtpout.mac.com> Received: from asmtp01.mac.com ([10.13.10.65]) by smtp-relay02.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 relay02 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GK79OV00.SR3 for ; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:58:07 -0700 Received: from localhost ([65.230.34.74]) by asmtp01.mac.com (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15 asmtp01 Jun 21 2001 23:53:48) with ESMTP id GK79OU00.U61; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:58:06 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 22:57:38 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.388) From: Brandon Potter To: Mike Meyer , FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v388) In-Reply-To: <15278.59932.232663.518856@guru.mired.org> Subject: Re: [OT] percentage of bad blanks when burning CDs Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On the memorex specifically, I've used a couple of dozen blanks so far with no failures. I'd guess you unluckily ran into a bad batch. I've used a couple of other spindles with no failures from TDK. I am using a 12X burner from QPS. Hope this helps, gbp (If my blank post actually got sent, sorry....) On Monday, September 24, 2001, at 03:09 AM, Mike Meyer wrote: > Bill Moran types: >> This is a little off topic ... >> I recently bought a 30 pack of Memorex write-once CD blanks. >> So far, I've burnt about ten of them, and I've had 2 blanks >> that were bad out of the box. The burner rejected them before >> I was able to do anything. >> Is this par for the course when buying packs of "discount" >> blanks? I'm just wondering if I want to spend $$ on Memorex >> again or if this is fairly typical. > > I'd say 20% was unacceptably high. I'm used to more like 1 disk out of > a pack of 50 failing, and I tend to buy whatever 50-pack is on sale at > one of the local computer supply stores. > > Two things may contribute to that. One is that I've got an older > burner, which doesn't burn faster than 4x. Even the cheap media is > certified at 8x or better, so that may help. The other is that I > always run a cloth over the blank to brush off any loose dust or > etc. before putting it in the drive. My coaster rate has gone down > dramatically since I started doing that. > > -- > Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message