JStrider

ok well recently ive noticed my burner will say a cd is too small if the image or files im burning are close to the cd size but still several mb under... i have used my drive to overburn cds in the past... but i always check the spindle and then burn like 20 seconds under the overburn time of the cd...

could the overburning have damaged my cd drive?

im using an ASUS CRW-4012a burner and nero burning rom to burn...

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Moskie

has this happened with more than one brand/type of cd-r? Maybe the CDs you're using are the problem, not the drive?

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JStrider

ive tried with my memorex... some cheap generic ones from a neighber... some maxwells from a friend...

exact same thing on all the cds... and it burned fine earlier on my spindle of memorex...

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strcrssd

I'm not entirely sure here, but nero may not leave space for its lead-out when it shows its size, but does when it does a burn.

If it consistantly overburns fine (even when the overburn is under CD capacity), then your drive is probably fine.

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JStrider

no... it wont overburn anymore... it wont burn anything thats close to the maximum size of the cd... gotta keep it a good bit below the max size...

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yotta

650MB or 700MB CDs?

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JStrider

all the ones ive tested have been 700.... nobody uses 650s very much...

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split lickety

that is what my I/O magic drive started doing about 1 month before it died completly.

JStrider

oh... joy... i hope it doesnt die completely...

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