[Gllug] OT re CD Drives.

[Nix]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2005, dylan at dylan.me.uk stipulated:
> On Thursday 21 Apr 2005 17:53 pm, john gennard wrote:
> <SNIP>
>> Both these CD Drives are on the second IDE channel, so I
>> can't believe a Mobo or cable problem accounts for the
>> difficulties.
> 
> I'd try the new one as the master device alone on the IDE channel, and 
> also try a different cable. The connections between the ribbon and the 
> plug can be flaky, and one device can malfunction while the other works 
> fine. 

I just had this problem with my CD-RW drive: `no media present' errors
at intermittent but frustrating moments. I reasoned[1] that the cause
must be that the drive couldn't read the ATIP (or some similarly
critical structure). One laser head clean later, and all was well.


[1] A really useful word. I just discovered it. It means `guessed', I
    think.

> Also, make sure you try various cds as some of those new "security 
> protected" ones will work fine in one drive but not another, or even 
> intermittently in the same drive.

I just avoid buying the fucking things. Of course, this means I can't
listen to stuff released by `major labels', but since most of their
output is crap, and I'd not be able to play it *anyway*, I figure it's a
small loss. I mostly stick to Naxos, and listen without moral qualms.
(No of *course* I don't get moral qualms from sampling and MP3-encoding
it and sticking it on my MP3 player: if half the MPs in the House and
the Leader of the Free World are doing it, I figure I'm probably
reasonably safe :)

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