Very Computer

Dear all,

I'm a little despaired. In the last weeks, my CD writer tends to crash in
2 of 3 burning sessions. And I have absolutely no idea why (sure, the
device is old, I know). I tried at least four types of CR-Rs. Maybe
someone of you can make a guess? Log's attached.

Bye,
        Rene

Calling: /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "0,3,0"
fs=10240k  -v -useinfo speed=2 -eject -pad -audio "/mnt/burn/track-01.wav" ...

scsidev: '0,3,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 3 lun: 0
Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22
pregap1: -1
Cdrecord 2.0 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2002 J?rg Schilling
TOC Type: 0 = CD-DA
Using libscg version 'schily-0.7'
atapi: 0
Device type    : Removable CD-ROM
Version        : 2
Response Format: 2
Capabilities   :
Vendor_info    : 'PHILIPS '
Identifikation : 'CDD2600         '
Revision       : '1.07'
Device seems to be: Philips CDD-2600.
Using driver for Philips CDD-522 (philips_cdd522).
Driver flags   :
Supported modes: TAO
FIFO size      : 10485760 = 10240 KB
cdrecord: Warning: blockdesc secsize 2352 differs from cap secsize 2048
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns zero sized Speed/Dummy information page.
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for Speed/Dummy
information page.
cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong page 0 for Speed/Dummy
information page (23).
Track 01: audio   51 MB (05:09.06) no preemp swab
Track 02: audio   43 MB (04:20.84) no preemp swab
Track 03: audio   37 MB (03:41.29) no preemp swab
Track 04: audio  116 MB (11:34.33) no preemp swab
Track 05: audio   44 MB (04:26.30) no preemp swab
Track 06: audio   42 MB (04:09.82) no preemp swab
Track 07: audio   50 MB (04:57.26) no preemp swab
Track 08: audio   58 MB (05:45.04) no preemp swab
Track 09: audio   50 MB (05:01.82) no preemp swab
Total size:      498 MB (49:21.80) = 222135 sectors
Lout start:      498 MB (49:23/60) = 222135 sectors
Current Secsize: 2352
ATIP info from disk:
Is not unrestricted
Disk application code: 0
ATIP start of lead in:  -11634 (97:26/66)
ATIP start of lead out: 337350 (75:00/00)
Disk type:    Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 3
Manufacturer: CMC Magnetics Corporation
Blocks total: 337350 Blocks current: 337350 Blocks remaining: 115215
Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 2 in real TAO mode for single session.
    0 seconds. Operation starts.
Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ...
input buffer ready.
Starting new track at sector: 0

Track 01: Total bytes read/written: 54519360/54519360 (23180 sectors).
Starting new track at sector: 23407

Track 02: Total bytes read/written: 46012176/46012176 (19563 sectors).
Starting new track at sector: 43122

Track 03: Total bytes read/written: 39036144/39036144 (16597 sectors).
Starting new track at sector: 59871
cdrecord: Input/output error. write_g0: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  0A 00 00 00 1B 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: F0 00 0B 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0xB Aborted Command, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x50 Qual 0x00 (write append error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk 0 (valid)
resid: 63504
cmd finished after 0.234s timeout 40s

Sense Bytes: 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
write track data: error after 87318000 bytes
cdrecord: Input/output error. flush cache: scsi sendcmd: no error
Writing  time:  657.977s
CDB:  35 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Average write speed   4.5x.
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Fixating...
Sense Bytes: F0 00 0B 80 00 22 83 0A 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0xB Aborted Command, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x50 Qual 0x00 (write append error) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk -2147474813 (valid)
cmd finished after 0.005s timeout 120s
Fixating time:   92.932s
cdrecord: Input/output error. philips fixation: scsi sendcmd: no error
CDB:  E9 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
Sense Bytes: F0 00 04 80 00 22 8B 0A 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00
Sense Key: 0x4 Hardware Error, Segment 0
Sense Code: 0x44 Qual 0x00 (internal target failure) Fru 0x0
Sense flags: Blk -2147474805 (valid)
cmd finished after 92.932s timeout 480s
cdrecord: fifo had 3734 puts and 3575 gets.
cdrecord: fifo was 0 times empty and 3556 times full, min fill was 94%.

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TU Berlin, Computer Graphics and Computer Assisted Medicine research group

On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 19:02:00 +0100, Rene Tschirley staggered into the
Black Sun and said:

Quote:> I'm a little despaired. In the last weeks, my CD writer tends to crash
> in 2 of 3 burning sessions. And I have absolutely no idea why (sure,
> the device is old, I know). I tried at least four types of CR-Rs.

> /usr/lib/xcdroast-0.98/bin/xcdrwrap CDRECORD dev= "0,3,0" fs=10240k
> -v -useinfo speed=2 -eject -pad -audio "/mnt/burn/track-01.wav" ...
[snippage]
> Sense Code: 0x50 Qual 0x00 (write append error) Fru 0x0
> Sense flags: Blk -2147474813 (valid)
> cmd finished after 0.005s timeout 120s
[snippage]
> status: 0x2 (CHECK CONDITION)
> Sense Bytes: F0 00 04 80 00 22 8B 0A 00 00 00 00 44 00 00 00
> Sense Key: 0x4 Hardware Error, Segment 0
> Sense Code: 0x44 Qual 0x00 (internal target failure) Fru 0x0

"internal target failure" combined with "Hardware Error" sounds really
bad to me.  From what I can grok from the stuff in
/usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/constants.c , Internal Target Failure is one
of the nastier SCSI errors to get, and indicates hardware problems that
you will have a hard time fixing even with a standards-compliant goat
and a good copy of _De Vermiis Mysteriis_.

Your drive may be unusable for CD-writing; hardware problems pile up,
lasers get knocked slightly out-of-true, bits of dust and crud gum up
the various gears and motors.  It's probably time for a new CD-RW.

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<snip>

Quote:> Your drive may be unusable for CD-writing; hardware problems pile up,
> lasers get knocked slightly out-of-true, bits of dust and crud gum up the
> various gears and motors.  It's probably time for a new CD-RW.

Before you go out and buy a new one, check and see if there are any BIOS
upgrades for your burner.  My cheap burner didn't like one brand of blanks
I was using until I flashed the BIOS to the latest revision.  Now it works
much better.

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