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Can Burn DVD's, but not CD's....

Apr 19, 2007 5:45AM PDT

Hello,

My burner model is TSSTcorp CD/DVDW TS-L532A
The computer is a Gateway 7510GX running Windows XP Home.

It burns CD-R/RW, DVD+-RW and DVD+DL

However, as of late, I can only burn DVD discs, and not CD's, which lock up the burning software. I've tried burning with Nero, CD Burner XP Pro, and Alcohol, all of which can burn DVD's fine but (now) not CD's, and I have burned CD's before.

The burn process starts, the light comes on and the drive spins, then after a minute or so the drive spins down and the software hangs (with Nero). With CD Burner XP Pro/Alcohol an error message is spitted out (below). I tried reinstalling the burner with no luck.

The error message listed by CD Burner XP Pro is:

Writing Error: (3) Error occurred writing data to the disc.
The SCSI/ATAPI bus was reset and caused a write failure (1026).
Error Sense Data: SENSE KEY: 6 ASC: 29 ASCQ: 0

if that helps.

If you have any suggestions I appreciate it, thanks!

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1. Try a CD lens cleaner.
Apr 19, 2007 5:47AM PDT

2. Try it at 2x speed.

3. Try another recorder.

Good luck with this.

Bob

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Speeds
May 2, 2007 7:53AM PDT

1. The CD Lens Cleaner had no effect.

2. I tried burning it slowly and it seems to have worked. But what gives? My burner is rated for top speed of 24x; and the discs 52x. Why does it fail at higher speeds?

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It's getting old.
May 2, 2007 7:57AM PDT

The laser dims with time...

Bob

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Ah
May 2, 2007 11:07PM PDT

Oh okay, I didn't know that. So I guess I'd have to buy a new burner?

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When it stops working?
May 2, 2007 11:14PM PDT

Sometimes I'll change my burning software to lock in at the speed I find to work but let me share this.

For years I have recorded at 1/2 the media speed. It takes not so much longer and I have none of the problems of people around me. I wonder...

Bob

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True
May 3, 2007 3:03AM PDT

Quite true! Anyway, thanks for all your help!

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broken dvd drive
Jun 9, 2010 2:53PM PDT

Hey Guys,

I have read briefly over the writings so far, and I have a very similar problem. My TS-L632D will burn dvd's without a problem, it will read dvd's without a problem, it will even read CD's without a problem. But when I burn a CD it burns like it should, it completes like it should, the light on the drive blinks like it should... but in the end... its just a blank CD... I heard a piece of advice, I should burn at a lower speed, this I will try, but is there any advice that can be given? other than that? if that doesn't work then how else can I fix it? also... if that does work, I don't want to burn at 2X from now on. Alternatively I had a super-multi drive kickin' around so I've got it on my IDE to USB adapter and burn from it, but that's not a perfect solution either

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Can burn dvds but not cds
Jan 7, 2015 11:07PM PST

Hi I have the same problem with my Toshiba satellite C850 it will do everything except burn a cd just wondered if u found a solution as your post was 4 years ago