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- From: lawrence@combdyn.com (Lawrence *The Dreamer* Chen)
- Subject: Re: NEC CDR25 Fix?
- Message-ID: <1996Mar28.210156.7303@combdyn.com>
- Organization: Combustion Dynamics Ltd.
- References: <4j9qao$aa9@mark.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 21:01:56 GMT
-
- > My Medivision NEC CDR25 CDROM drive gives me problems. When I
- > boot my A3000, if I have it on, it freezes the boot process
- > until I turn it off, wait for boot to complete and then turn it
- > back on. I have had problems trying to run software under SS
- > using my MediaVision CD drive. It accesses fine, for a while,
- > then the SCSI light comes on and stays on and everything freezes.
- > I have tweaked with sync/async transfers, no diff. I tried
- > running and old (even older than the MediaVision Nec CDR25) Teac
- > CDROM drive. Perfect. No problems. Anyone out there have a fix
- > for the NEC CDR25?
-
- > rrhill@ucdavis.edu
-
- Leave a data CD in the drive. I use AmiCDROM 1.15 and it works
- fine.
-
- It hangs if its empty or has an audio CD in it.
-
- It does seem strange using my two CDR25s for data CDs, and my Toshiba
- T3601 (quad speed) for playing audio CDs, but this is what works.....
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