swaffy -> RE: Philips PCRW804 (11/14/2002 5:53:23 AM)
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First of all, thanks to everyone here, especially Laffin Assassin, for this site. Now to the problem... I have a Compaq 7151WM running WinME (yes, I know M.E. sucks) with a Philips CDD4801 (PCRW804). It worked fine for playing and burning CDs ever since I bought the PC in 8/2001. A week ago, I burned a couple music CDs with no problem. 5 days ago, I went to burn a CD, and my Easy CD Creator 4 software kept giving errors that my CD didn't have enough free space available. It was a new, blank CD from a pack that I had previously burned at least 50 disks with no problems. I kept removing one track at a time from the song list until I was down to one song, and still getting the "insufficient space" error. The software then started giving a message that I was not using a blank CD. The CD was/is definitely blank. The CD-RW STILL PLAYS CDs great. It just won't recognize blank CDs to burn. I've read through all the posts in this thread, and browsed several posts in other threads and other support forum sites. I've cleaned the drive's innards with a PC duster compressed aircan, Un-installed/re-installed the Easy CD Creator 4 S/W, Upgraded to v.5 Easy Creator, Uninstalled E.C. and installed Click & Burn Pro 2.0. Removed and re-installed the drive, Updated the ASPI, Re-flashed the firmware, None of these actions have resolved the problem, and I will NOT reformat my Hard Drive, or re-install/upgrade my Windows M.E. to troubleshoot this. Is it time to buy a replacement CD-RW, or have I missed something else to try first?
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