HELP Yamaha 8424 IDE CD-r ProblemS !

Sedul · Post by **Sedul** » Sun Apr 22, 2001 4:55 pm

Hey guys, um. i have a problem with ma Cd burner.
I bought it quite a while ago from Onvia.ca its' a Yamaha 8424 IDE Internal drive
and at first it worked fine it coudl read and everything.

the problem i recently discovered is that whenever i read something it doesnt' read it
every time.. it takes along time spinning the cd and then the explorer in win2k says "e: is not formatted,
would u like to format" and blahbalhblah..

It werekd like a week ago b4 i burned like. what.. 3-4 cds. in total. . I'm wondering if it's a softwrae or a cd-r problem. the thing is i only have a year warranty on this thign and.. hrm i gotta check up when i bought this cd-r. . OCuld the laser be dead already. I'm using it as a reader and burner. ? but i burnt like what.. 4 cds max.

If i were to get my warranty. assuming i still have it.. what's the procedure i shoudl take?

Thanks!

vwkess · Post by **vwkess** » Sun Apr 22, 2001 5:08 pm

I have the same drive and I had problems with it on W2K. Put it on a w98 box and it works fine for me now.

Sedul · Post by **Sedul** » Sun Apr 22, 2001 7:49 pm

hrm, what type of problems did you have. like just reading. burning shoudl be fine?

Sedul · Post by **Sedul** » Mon Apr 23, 2001 9:37 pm

oikk i'm having even more troubles now
yetseyrda it coudn't read from da cds
it burnt fine yetsyrda nite.
now today ic an't even burn
in Nero it says Track following error or soemthing when it ry to burn something
and in the nero manual it says that either my firmware sucks or hte recorder is damaged

i thinkt he latter.! any rescues?