time to replace my dvd-rw?

[AdamEW]

Hi there,

Recently I have been having real issues with my dvd-rw (Pioneer 112DBK) when trying to read/write cds. I managed to burn an audio cd last week, but since then the drive has been making awful noises when reading and I get the following errors when trying to write a cd (using infrarecorder)

19:10:33 Started to write disc in real write mode.
19:13:53 Input/Output error. send opc: scsi sendcmd: retryable error
19:13:53 OPC failed.
19:14:35 fifo had 64 puts and 0 gets.
19:14:35 fifo was 0 times empty and 0 times full, min fill was 100

I have tried replacing the ide cable but to no avail. Is this a hardware fault or could it be software related?

 

[psd99]

Have you looked into changing the firmware on that drive?

Also have you changed it from master to cable select or slave to cable select? etc

 

[AdamEW]

Just tried to update the firmware and Im using the latest. I'm using the drive as a master (its the only ide device I currently have installed)

 

[psd99]

Well it sounds like the drive is on its way out. The only thing I can think of now is getting some software to test the thing. I'm sure Pioneer do something like that.