How do you know ?
Because after it fails, there's nothing written to the cd-r(w). Any cd-r I have tried so far is as blank as it was when I first opened its jewelcase, i.e. there is absolutel nothing written to cd-r, not even a partial lead-in or a part of any file. There's absolutely nothing written to the cd-r: if I put it in an ancient 1 speed cd-writer which only supports singlesession burning, it can happily burn away with the exact same cd-r. I have only been able to blank CD-RWs with the Plextordrive if the drive was connected to one of my pc's SCSI-controllers...
What happens,
After starting to burn a cd-r(w) or blanking a cd-rw, the sourcefile (on harddisk or cd-rom if trying an on-the-fly copy) starts to fill the buffer. When the buffer is filled up to 100%, it tries to write to the Plextor, which never succeeds.
what do you expect to happen ?
I expect to at least be able to blank a cd-rw or put some files on cd-r... :-D
Are there any error messages ? If yes, please post them here.
As I am not sitting in front of my A1200 at the moment, I have to do this from memory. :-) The errormessage by MakeCD that occurs when trying to blank a cd-rw is 'BLANK: not supported' or something very similar. Quite frustrating to say the least... From the errormessage, I would expect MakeCD does not recognize the Plextor as being a CD-RW drive, but it is autorecognized as _being_ a cd-rw drive!
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I suddenly remember another errormessage: 'Disk is Write-Protected'. The exact same disk works great on any of my pc's CD-RW drives...[/edit]
As it is autorecognized, I can't select another driver (although the autoselected one, CDR_SCSI3_ATAPI, should work with it).
The Plextor has SCSI-ID '0', as is mentioned in MakeCD's FAQ and I have tried it with several other IDs. Even when disconnecting all other SCSI-equipment, the problem remains.
Without any details one cannot help you.
Well... That's a little exaggerated... You can't say there aren't any details in my OP. ;-)
Anyway, if there's anything more that needs to be added to solve the problem, please let me know!
I'm beginning to think the drive is simply not compatible with MakeCD... Bummer...