[Klug-general] dvd problems

[George Prowse]

On 18/10/2011 20:17, sharon kimble wrote:
> On Tuesday 18 October 2011 20:00:32 George Prowse wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 6:49 PM, sharon kimble
> <boudiccas at talktalk.net>wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 18 October 2011 17:30:57 George Prowse wrote:
>>>> On 18/10/2011 16:52, sharon kimble wrote:
> <snip>
>>> Thanks George, its loaded a music CD and a shop-bought DVD which is a
>>> good sign, but its just refusing to load the blank DVD's.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Sharon.
>> It's quite possible that the blank DVDs are defective. The annoying thing
>> about these problems is it's just trial and error. Do you have another OS
>> you can test it with? Lastly one thing that has fixed it for me before is
>> cleaning outside of the disc and moving it slightly off middle in the drive
>> tray.
>   I've tried ten from each pack, and they all rattle and refuse to load. I
> refuse to believe that 20 DVD's would be faulty, that’s nearly half the two
> packs! But I have found the DVD that I burnt the other day, and that’s loaded
> okay.
>
> Only one OS and one machine, this is it! But I've discovered that the machine
> is not level, its leaning to one side, so tomorrow I'll try to get it all
> level and try again. But I will try loading the DVD off-centre and see if that
> makes any difference.
>
> Sharon.
I bought a spindle of 50 cds and they were all defective. In my 
experience they seem to be all faulty or none at all.