Coaster maker

HP DVD 300i, Burned great for awhile, now making coasters. Thought the drive
was bad, replaced with a Samsung. Same result. I uninstalled Roxio, and
installed Nero, same thing. Now I've clean installed XP and Nero, same
thing. What next??

Duh wrote:
>
> HP DVD 300i, Burned great for awhile, now making coasters. Thought the drive
> was bad, replaced with a Samsung. Same result. I uninstalled Roxio, and
> installed Nero, same thing. Now I've clean installed XP and Nero, same
> thing. What next??

discs? have you tried other blank discs?

reduce speed of burning?

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Duh wrote:
> HP DVD 300i, Burned great for awhile, now making coasters. Thought the drive
> was bad, replaced with a Samsung. Same result. I uninstalled Roxio, and
> installed Nero, same thing. Now I've clean installed XP and Nero, same
> thing. What next??
>
>
With no information other than what you provide, the answer can only be
"fix it".

CD or DVD?
What errors are reported - if any?
Does the burn complete?
If the burn completes, does the disc play anywhere?
If the burn completes, what are test results?
CD-DA, data or others?
What media tried?
What speeds tried?
TAO, DAO or other?

and those are for starters.

Mike
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mrichter@cpl.net
http://www.mrichter.com/

Thanks all! I decided to pull all cables, clean all connections, replace
with new cables. So far, seems to burn great. I didn't get any type error
message, other than, around 90 - 99% into process cd kicks out, says "burn
failed", making a coaster. Haven't seen this since early days of burning.
Nero 6.6 usually detects bad copy, gives error, kicks cd out before burning,
eliminating coasters, not this time. Thanks again for all responses!

"Duh" <nowhere@dot.com> wrote in message
news:ZHIEi.38127$wN3.31725@bignews2.bellsouth.net. ..
> HP DVD 300i, Burned great for awhile, now making coasters. Thought the
> drive was bad, replaced with a Samsung. Same result. I uninstalled Roxio,
> and installed Nero, same thing. Now I've clean installed XP and Nero, same
> thing. What next??
>