CD burning errors

I use a Samsung SH-S182M/BEBN CD/DVD Burner, Windows XP Pro SP2, and
Nero 6.6.0.6. I usually use cheap media - my current spindle is labeled
TDK. I also have a few Taiyo Yuden - the same thing happens
occasionally with all brands that I've tried...

Burning data disks, Nero often hangs between the burn and verify
stages. I can hear the disk spinning in the drive, which is emitting a
knocking sound. Nero usually tries for several minutes than gives up
with error messages such as

- Logical unit not ready, operation in progress
- Could not perform end of Disc-at-once
- Invalid write state (TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M\H0 T0)
- Logical unit not ready, operation in progress
- Could no perform EndSession
- Burn process failed at 48x (7,200 KB/s)

The disk can't be ejected - I'm forced to reboot in order to get the
disk out. Usually the disk appears to be OK and can be read from with
no errors.

This happens sporadically, but it seems like it happens more often in
cycles of a few weeks, then mostly goes away for a time.

Is this problem most likely to be due to the drive, Nero, the media, or
something else?

I used to use a Plextor SCSI CDR burner on a different computer that
would exhibit similar behavior.

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:32:36 -0600, Nil
<rednoise+news@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote:

>I use a Samsung SH-S182M/BEBN CD/DVD Burner, Windows XP Pro SP2, and
>Nero 6.6.0.6. I usually use cheap media - my current spindle is labeled
>TDK. I also have a few Taiyo Yuden - the same thing happens
>occasionally with all brands that I've tried...
>
>Burning data disks, Nero often hangs between the burn and verify
>stages. I can hear the disk spinning in the drive, which is emitting a
>knocking sound. Nero usually tries for several minutes than gives up
>with error messages such as
>
>- Logical unit not ready, operation in progress
>- Could not perform end of Disc-at-once
>- Invalid write state (TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182M\H0 T0)
>- Logical unit not ready, operation in progress
>- Could no perform EndSession
>- Burn process failed at 48x (7,200 KB/s)
>
>The disk can't be ejected - I'm forced to reboot in order to get the
>disk out. Usually the disk appears to be OK and can be read from with
>no errors.
>
>This happens sporadically, but it seems like it happens more often in
>cycles of a few weeks, then mostly goes away for a time.
>
>Is this problem most likely to be due to the drive, Nero, the media, or
>something else?
>
>I used to use a Plextor SCSI CDR burner on a different computer that
>would exhibit similar behavior.
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The drive.

On 27 Nov 2007, jyazel@ds.net wrote in alt.comp.periphs.cdr:

> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:32:36 -0600, Nil
><rednoise+news@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote:

>>Is this problem most likely to be due to the drive, Nero, the
>>media, or something else?
>
> The drive.

You may be right. I'm troubleshooting right now by swapping drives in
and out, and it's looking like the Samsung drive has conked out. I will
report back again when I'm sure.

The funny thing is that I've been cursing at it for a couple of months,
but it wasn't until yesterday that I posted the question. And just then
it chose to go south permanently. Hmmmm...

Nil wrote:
> On 27 Nov 2007, jyazel@ds.net wrote in alt.comp.periphs.cdr:
>
>> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:32:36 -0600, Nil
>> <rednoise+news@REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote:
>
>>> Is this problem most likely to be due to the drive, Nero, the
>>> media, or something else?
>> The drive.
>
> You may be right. I'm troubleshooting right now by swapping drives in
> and out, and it's looking like the Samsung drive has conked out. I will
> report back again when I'm sure.
>
> The funny thing is that I've been cursing at it for a couple of months,
> but it wasn't until yesterday that I posted the question. And just then
> it chose to go south permanently. Hmmmm...

You hurt it's feelings.
Dave Cohen